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HI HCR179
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Cedric Gates
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AI Summary
H.C.R. 179 Summary
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Urges the Office of Elections to amend voter registration self-declaration forms to allow affidavits identifying as a person born within current Hawaii's geographic boundaries or a descendant of Hawaiian Kingdom citizens recognized by the U.S. prior to 1893.
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References Public Law 103-150 (1993 Apology Resolution), in which the United States formally apologized to Native Hawaiians for its role in the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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Acknowledges Hawaii Act 195 (2011), which recognized Native Hawaiians as the indigenous people of Hawaii and noted their continued maintenance of separate identity and rights to self-determination and self-governance.
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Requires transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Chief Election Officer.
Legislative Description
Urging The Office Of Elections To Amend The Choice For Self-declaration To Allow The Affiant To Identify As A Person Born Within The Geographic Boundaries Of What Is Currently The State Of Hawaii Or A Descendant Of Any Citizen Of The Hawaiian Kingdom That The United States Recognized As A Nation Prior To 1893.
Native Hawaiians
Last Action
Referred to OMH, JUD, referral sheet 39
3/13/2018