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HI SB2162
Bill
Status
3/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Maile Shimabukuro
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AI Summary
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Appropriates funds from the general revenues of Hawaii for fiscal year 2016-2017 to the judiciary to establish Hawaiian language resources for the State of Hawaii judiciary.
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Requires the judiciary to collaborate with the University of Hawaii system in establishing these Hawaiian language resources, based on recommendations from a task force convened in 2015.
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Recognizes that Hawaiian language remains highly endangered despite decades of revitalization efforts and aims to create long-term resources and capacity building to train experts in Hawaiian language.
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Implements the Hawaii State Constitution's directives in Article X, Section 4, to promote Hawaiian culture, history, and language, and Article XV, Section 4, which designates English and Hawaiian as official languages of Hawaii.
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Takes effect on January 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Hawaiian Language; Hawaiian Language Web; Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Tokioka, Tupola, Woodson excused (6).
3/24/2016