Bill Text: HI HB840 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To American Sign Language.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-12 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Hashimoto excused (3). [HB840 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-HB840-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that at least a dozen states have enacted laws that recognize American Sign Language as a distinct language with its own cultural heritage and language rules and structure. Act 152, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, which recognized American Sign Language as a world language for public school language requirement purposes, was an important first step, but further measures are needed to advance the understanding and acknowledgement that American Sign Language is a discrete language and not merely signed English.
The purpose of this Act is to recognize ASL as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage.
SECTION 2. Chapter 1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§1- American sign language. American
sign language is recognized as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with
its own distinct grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2065.
Report Title:
Deaf and Blind Task Force; American Sign Language; Recognition
Description:
Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. Effective 7/1/2065. (HD1)
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