KPAC supports the following 2017 House Bills:
H.C.R.37 | KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | URGING PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN HAWAI‘I TO CONSIDER OFFERING OR CONTINUE OFFERING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AS AN OPTION OR AN ELECTIVE IN THEIR ACADEMIC CURRICULUM. |
| Report Title: | Hawaiian Language Instruction; Private Schools |
| Description: | Urging private schools in Hawai’i to consider offering or continue offering Hawaiian language instruction as an option or an elective in their academic curriculum. |
H.B.1264 | No Testimony available yet (pdf)
| Measure Title: | RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. |
| Report Title: | Hawaiian Language; Government Documents |
| Description: | Clarifies that Hawaiian shall be required for public acts and transactions beginning on January 1, 2020. Requires that upon request by a member of the public for the Hawaiian language version, the public officer having the care and custody of a government record, paper, or document shall make all reasonable efforts to make it available in Hawaiian. |
H.B.1094 | See KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | RELATING TO PERSONAL PRIVACY |
| Report Title: | Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Disclosure of Government Records |
| Description: | Specifies certain content of Department of Hawaiian Home Lands homestead applicant and lessee files are not required to be disclosed. (Companion Bill S.B. 960) |
H.B.1542 | See KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN HIGHER EDUCATION. |
| Report Title: | UH; Health Sciences; Native Hawaiians; Pacific Islanders; Appropriation ($) |
| Description: | Establishes an undergraduate health sciences academy at the University of Hawaii to increase recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and first generation college students. Makes an appropriation. |
H.B. 860 | KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | RELATING TO ACTIONS FOR QUIET TITLE |
| Report Title: | Action for Quiet Title; Kuleana Land |
| Description: | Provides that: (1) actions for quiet title of kuleana lands shall be subject to mandatory mediation; (2) court cases by the same plaintiff that seeks quiet title for separate kuleana lands within the same court circuit shall be consolidated; (3) defendant’s access for cultural and traditional practices shall not be alienated or extinguished; and (4) plaintiff shall not recover costs, expenses, or attorney’s fees from the defendant. |
H.B. 451 HD1 | KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT |
| Report Title: | Hawaiian Home Lands, Successors, Blood Quantum |
| Description: | Reduces the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands from one-quarter to one-thirty second. |
H.C.R. 94 | KPAC Testimony (pdf)
| Measure Title: | REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE OF HAWAIIAN LEADERS, LEGAL SCHOLARS, AND A BROAD REPRESENTATION OF MEMBERS OF THE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER ITS FIDUCIARY DUTY TO BETTER THE CONDITIONS OF HAWAIIANS AND MANAGE ITS RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HAWAIIAN BENEFICIARIES WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY HAVING TRUSTEES APPOINTED RATHER THAN ELECTED. |
| Report Title: | OHA; Board of Trustees |
| Description: | REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE OF HAWAIIAN LEADERS, LEGAL SCHOLARS, AND A BROAD REPRESENTATION OF MEMBERS OF THE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER WHETHER ITS FIDUCIARY DUTY TO BETTER THE CONDITIONS OF HAWAIIANS AND MANAGE ITS RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HAWAIIAN BENEFICIARIES WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY HAVING TRUSTEES APPOINTED RATHER THAN ELECTED. |