HI HR126

Request the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to convene stakeholders on capacity building, training, and perpetuation of hooponopono to strengthen public safety programs incorporating Native Hawaiian values and practices.

Require invitations to specified participants including the Directors of Public Safety and Human Services, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii, Papa Ola Lokahi representatives, traditional hooponopono practitioners, and community organizations with cultural expertise.

Direct the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to develop models supporting hooponopono as a traditional Native Hawaiian system of well-being and improve state prevention, intervention, and reintegration programs targeting Native Hawaiians.

Require the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the Regular Session of 2018.

Ground the request in the 2012 Native Hawaiian Criminal Justice Task Force recommendation to recognize and support indigenous cultural models of restorative justice, noting hooponopono's demonstrated effectiveness in offender rehabilitation and community health.