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HI SR93

Resolution

Status

Passed

4/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Donovan Cruz

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to re-introduce and support the Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act (H.R. Res. 9614, 117th Congress, 2nd Session 2022)

  • Seeks to lower the required minimum blood quantum for Department of Hawaiian Home Lands successor lessee beneficiaries from one-quarter Native Hawaiian blood to one thirty-second

  • Notes that 28,700 beneficiaries currently remain on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands waitlist for residential, agricultural, or pastoral leases

  • Aligns federal minimum blood quantum requirements with Hawaii's Act 80 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2017), which reduced the state requirement to one thirty-second and requires congressional consent to be fully effective

  • Directs transmission of certified copies of the resolution to Hawaii's congressional delegation

Legislative Description

Urging Hawaii's Congressional Delegation To Re-introduce And Support The Passage Of The Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act, H.r. Res. 9614, 117th Cong. (2nd Sess. 2022), To Lower The Required Minimum Blood Quantum For Certain Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Successor Lessee Beneficiaries From One-quarter Native Hawaiian Blood To One Thirty-second.

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

Last Action

Certified copies of resolutions sent.

5/22/2023

Committee Referrals

Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/15/2023

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