STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2025
RE : S.R. No. 75
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred
S.R. No. 75 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE ENGAGEMENT FORUMS TO
EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY REGARDING
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and provide legislative
engagement forums to educate and empower the Native Hawaiian
community regarding the legislative process.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Your Committee finds that indigenous engagement in the local
legislative process is extremely important to advancing the self-
determination of the Native Hawaiian community. Accordingly, this
measure requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to establish and
provide educational legislative engagement forums specifically
tailored to the Native Hawaiian community to enhance equitable
participation in the lawmaking process in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by adding language
requesting the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide an annual
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report to the Legislature concerning its activities, as it
pertains to educational and communal engagement opportunities
regarding legislative processes.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 75,
as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 75, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Hawaiian Affairs
HWN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
l^l?r 1)
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim” (C)
SAN BUENAVENTURA. Joy A. (VC)
IHARA, Jr., Les
Z’
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett
DECORTE, Samantha
TOTAL
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
'^stribution: /Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
/^Plle with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24