Hawaii Senate Bill 711 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-24 - The committee on JDC deferred the measure.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions that include Hawaiian words or names to include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names, spelling, and punctuation. 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.

Relating To Hawaiian Language.

Sen. Kalani English [D]	Sen. Laura Acasio [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]
Sen. Bennette Misalucha [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Kurt Fevella [R]	Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]
Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-24	Senate	The committee on JDC deferred the measure.
2021-02-19	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-24-21 9:31AM; Via Videoconference.
2021-02-11	Senate	Re-Referred to JDC.
2021-01-27	Senate	Referred to GVO, JDC.
2021-01-25	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2021-01-22	Senate	Introduced.

SB711 (Carry Over) 2021-02-24 - The committee on JDC deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=711&year=2021
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2021/bills/SB711_.HTM