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HI HCR39

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Bertrand Kobayashi

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to commission a commemorative monument to President Barack Obama to be located at an appropriate and easily accessible public space

  • Monument commemorates Obama's birth in Honolulu on August 4, 1961, his formative years at Punahou School in Honolulu, and his historic 2008 election as the first African American president

  • Highlights Obama's accomplishments including economic growth, reduction of national deficit by two-thirds, unemployment rate drop below 5.3 percent, and passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enabling over 16 million Americans to obtain health care

  • Requires the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to submit a report to the Legislature detailing plans, designs, and potential sites for the monument no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2020

  • Directs transmission of a certified copy of the resolution to the Executive Director of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts

Legislative Description

Requesting The Hawaii State Foundation On Culture And The Arts To Commission A Monument To President Barack Obama.

Requesting the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to Commission a Monument to President Barack Obama

Last Action

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Holt, McKelvey excused (4).

3/27/2019

Committee Referrals

Finance3/27/2019
Tourism & International Affairs3/14/2019

Full Bill Text

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