STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 148
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,
to which was referred S.R. No. 148 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO COLLABORATE WITH
UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE TO CONVENE THE HAWAII CREATIVE
INNOVATION GROUP,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to
collaborate with universities in the State to convene the Hawaii
Creative Innovation Group.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
and University of Hawai‘i System.
Your Committee finds that the State's cultural creatives,
fabric and fashion designers, graphic artists, musicians,
songwriters, and performing artists are intrinsic to the identity
of the State. Your Committee further finds that the State intends
to provide new product development support from early-stage trials
to commercialization by establishing the infrastructure, network
of programs providing expert advice, and facilities that have
equipment of various scales specifically tailored to the fashion
and music industry sectors of the creative economy. This measure
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requests the convening of the Hawaii Creative Innovation Group to
scale-up and expand the fashion, design, and music industries and
develop a strategy by which the State can grow emerging creative
sectors into new brands, music placement, music sectors,
companies, and value-added businesses in design, fashion, and
technology.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting language to clarify that members from the
private sector are requested to be invited by the
Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;
and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.R. No. 148, as amended herein, and recommends its
adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 148, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Energy, Economic
Development, and Tourism,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Energy, Economic Deveiopment, and Tourism
EET
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:________________________________________________
The Recommendation is: >
Pass, unamended V rass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
DECOITE, Lynn (C)
WAKAI. Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
KIM, Donna Mercado
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL /
Recommendation: _ j
Adopted f __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution; Original I /^ow X Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report V CkJfK’s Oflce Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23