Bill Text: HI SB2885 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Advancing Civic Engagement.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-04-20 - Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 729). [SB2885 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2885-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that civic engagement provides an opportunity for residents to become involved with improving their local communities and neighborhoods. In 2021, the Hawaii supreme court enacted Rule 23 to establish the commission to promote and advance civic education (PACE commission). One of the main functions of the PACE commission is to provide leadership, oversight, and initiatives to increase civic education in the community and at schools, increase citizens' knowledge about government, and promote informed participation in government and democracy in Hawaii.
The legislature further finds that the public access room, an office under the legislative reference bureau, provides the public with information, equipment, facilities, and services to assist in research activities, educational outreach, and public engagement related to work with the legislature. The legislature additionally finds that the public access room is well-positioned to further civic engagement with the legislature in Hawaii's schools. However, the public access room currently lacks resources to provide outreach services in addition to its current responsibilities.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to provide one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position in the public access room to provide educational outreach and engagement with all schools in the State.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the creation of one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position within the public access room to provide educational outreach and engagement with all schools in the State.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the legislative reference bureau for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Public Access Room; Educational Outreach; Appropriation
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