STAND. COM. REP. NO. ((rll
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2025
RE: S.C.R. No. 169
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 Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 169 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE ARCHIVES
TO EXPAND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SHARE HAWAII'S HISTORY THAT MAY
PROVE RELEVANT TODAY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC
DISCUSSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EVALUATE FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
State Archives to expand public outreach, share Hawaii's history
that may prove relevant today, create new opportunities for public
discussion and civic engagement, and evaluate funding
opportunities to support its mission.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Accounting and General Services and one
individual.
Your Committee finds that the State Archives has maintained a
vast array of historically significant and irreplaceable records
of Hawaii's history, including world leading innovations and
social equality initiatives since 1905. Your Committee further
finds that a structural analysis of the current State Archives
facility conducted in 2024 found that the structure is not capable
of handling current floor loads. There is a clear need to
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increase civic engagement, public education, and a deeper
understanding of the State's history. Your Committee concludes
that facilitating the development of a new and expanded archives
facility along with increasing its public programming offerings
will create new opportunities for civic engagement and support the
mission of the State Archives.
Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that
the State Archives is requested to expand public outreach that
includes providing perspectives on historical and modern issues
through the lens of different segments of the community, including
women, immigrants, and Native Hawaiians.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 169, as amended herein, and recommends
its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 169,
S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Transportation and
Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
scRiuq TCA c ? As
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is;
__ Pass, unamended |_v^ Pass, with amendments __ Hold Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
DECORTE, Samantha
TOTAL t/- 0 /
Recommendation;
□J^Adopted Qj Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signatucer—------)
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24