HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON CULTURE, ARTS, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates, Chair

Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Adrian K. Tam

Rep. Jeanne Kapela

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Gene Ward

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

TIME:

10 a.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

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A G E N D A

 

HB 228

Status

RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE DAY.

Designates 9/7 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Inouye Day.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 229

Status

RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA DAY.

Designates 9/11 of each year as United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka Day.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 1308

Status

RELATING TO JUNETEENTH DAY.

Establishes June 19 of each year as Juneteenth Day.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 760

Status

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Allows the works of art special fund to be used for performing arts, under certain conditions.  Includes posting of a recording of performing art as a form of public display.  Defines performing arts.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 777

Status

RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND.

Deletes as a source of funds for the works of art special fund appropriations for capital renovations.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 1083

Status

RELATING TO THE LAW OF THE SPLINTERED PADDLE.

Prohibits a county from enacting any ordinance that prohibits a person from lying by the roadside in safety in accordance with the law of the splintered paddle.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 242

Status

RELATING TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., DAY.

Changes the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr./How Would They Feel Day.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 1193

Status

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE STATE.

Appropriates funds for capital improvement projects relating to the state archives and Iolani Palace.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 627

Status

RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

Authorizes the issuance of special number electric vehicle license plates to commemorate the Polynesian Voyaging Society.

 

CAI, FIN

 

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Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

Chair