Hawaii Senate Bill 469 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-22 - Referred to THA/TEC, JDL.
Pending: Senate Tourism and Hawaiian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawaii Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language. Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language. Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation. Clarifies that the full text of bills and other official documents are not required to be written in Hawaiian and that misspelled or incorrectly punctuated Hawaiian words and names shall not invalidate the documents or render them unenforceable and no cause of action shall arise accordingly.

Hawaiian Language; Month; February; Public Documents; Letterhead; Symbols

Sen. Kalani English [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]
Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Clayton Hee [D]
Sen. David Ige [D]	Sen. Gilbert Kahele [D]	Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]
Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. Sam Slom [R]	Sen. Jill Tokuda [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-22	Senate	Referred to THA/TEC, JDL.
2013-01-22	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2013-01-18	Senate	Introduced.

HB109 (Same As) 2013-04-26 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-26-13 at 5:00PM in Conference Room 312.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=469&year=2013
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2013/Bills/SB469_.HTM