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HI HR144
Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Lopresti
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AI Summary
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Requests the Hawaii Sister-State Committee and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to evaluate the Sister-State program and provide recommendations for improvement.
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Hawaii's Sister-State program includes 17 formally established relations across Japan, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater China, Morocco, and Portugal, with an 18th pending with India's State of Goa.
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Program began in 1981 with sister-state relation between Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, and Hawaii; Hawaii Sister-State Committee was formally established by Act 150, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.
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Committee chair, DBEDT Director, Senate President, and House Speaker are requested to receive certified copies of the resolution.
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Report must be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2019.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Hawaii Sister-state Committee And Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Evaluate The Sister-state Program And Make Recommendations To Improve The Capacity And Sustainability Of The Efforts To Promote Mutually Beneficial International Relationships.
Requesting that the Hawaii Sister-State Committee and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism submit a repo
Last Action
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evans, C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, McKelvey, Mizuno, Say, Souki, Tokioka excused (9).
3/23/2018