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HI HR150
Resolution
Status
3/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Cedric Gates
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AI Summary
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Urges the Office of Elections to amend voter self-declaration forms to allow individuals to identify as persons born within Hawaii's current geographic boundaries or descendants of Hawaiian Kingdom citizens recognized by the United States prior to 1893.
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References Public Law 103-150 (1993), the "Apology Resolution," in which the United States formally apologized to Native Hawaiians for their role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
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Cites Act 195 (2011) which acknowledged Native Hawaiians as the indigenous people of Hawaii and recognized their rights to self-determination, self-governance, and economic self-sufficiency.
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Directs that a certified copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Chief Election Officer for implementation.
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