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HI SCR52

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2022

Primary Sponsor

Maile Shimabukuro

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates July 31 of each year as "La Ho'iho'i Ea" (Restoration Day) to commemorate the restoration of Hawaiian Kingdom independence on July 31, 1843.

  • Recognizes that the Kingdom of Hawaii was a sovereign state and that the day marks the end of a five-month unauthorized military occupation by British Captain Lord George Paulet.

  • Notes that Queen Victoria sent Admiral Richard Darton Thomas to redress the transgression against the Hawaiian Kingdom.

  • Requests the Legislature, Governor, and county Mayors to recognize the historical and cultural significance of La Ho'iho'i Ea and King Kamehameha III's official proclamation "Ua Mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono" (the life and sovereignty of the land is perpetuated through justice).

  • Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Mayors of the respective counties.

Legislative Description

Requesting That July 31 Of Every Year Be Recognized And Proclaimed As La Hoihoi Ea.

Restoration Day

Last Action

Referred to LCA.

3/11/2022

Committee Referrals

Labor, Culture and the Arts3/11/2022

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