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HI HCR110

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/11/2022

Primary Sponsor

Cedric Gates

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Origin

House of Representatives

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Request the Hawaii Sister-State Committee to evaluate and develop recommendations for initiating a sister-state relationship between Hawaii and the Auckland Region, New Zealand

  • Committee must report findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023

  • Rationale includes shared Polynesian heritage, existing Hawaii participation in the Pasifika Festival in Auckland since 2014, and potential benefits in education, environment, film industry, and exportable commodities

  • Hawaii currently maintains eighteen sister-state relationships but none with any cities or provinces in New Zealand

  • Certified copies to be transmitted to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Chairperson of the Hawaii Sister-State Committee

Legislative Description

Requesting The Hawaii Sister-state Committee To Evaluate And Develop Recommendations For The Initiation Of A Sister-state Relationship With The Auckland Region, New Zealand.

Hawaii Sister-State Committee

Last Action

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Holt, Ohno, Todd excused (4).

3/30/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3/30/2022
Culture, Arts, & International Affairs3/14/2022

Full Bill Text

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