STAND. COM. REP. NO. 569

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 332

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 332 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI DAY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate October 2 of each year as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day in Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Gandhi International Institute for Peace, Center for Global Nonkilling, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, The Interfaith Alliance Hawaii, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and nineteen individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as "Mahatma", was born on October 2, 1869.  He was the leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India and led India to independence through the use of non-violent civil disobedience, inspiring various political leaders and civil rights movements across the world.  Gandhi is internationally admired for his nonviolent philosophy of passive resistance.  He is commemorated on October 2 with a national holiday in India and world-wide with the International Day of Nonviolence.  This measure honors Gandhi for his inspiration, tolerance, and enduring legacy.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 332 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education and the Arts,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair