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HI HCR39
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/5/2019
Primary Sponsor
Bertrand Kobayashi
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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