Bill Text: HI SCR16 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting All Branches Of The United States Military To Display The Hawaiian Flag On All U.s. Military Reservations And Military Training Facilities In The State.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-30 - Referred to PSM. [SCR16 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2023-SCR16-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	16
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING ALL BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TO DISPLAY THE HAWAIIAN FLAG ON ALL U.S. MILITARY reservations and military training facilities IN THE STATE.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the current version of the Hawaiian flag was adopted in 1845 and has been used by the Kingdom, Protectorate, Republic, Territory, and State of Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, the flag's design includes symbolism representing the State's islands, ocean, culture, values, and history; and

 

     WHEREAS, displaying a state's flag is a gesture of respect for that state's people, land, and culture; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hawaii's people and land host more than three hundred thousand United States military personnel, including fourteen military reservations and military training facilities; and

 

WHEREAS, on July 15, 2020, then-Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, issued a memorandum entitled "Public Display or Depiction of Flags in the Department of Defense", authorizing the public display of state flags, and other flags, in all Department of Defense workplaces; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, the House of Representatives concurring, that all branches of the United States Military are requested to display the Hawaiian flag on all United States military reservations and military training facilities in the State; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, Commander of the United States Pacific Fleet, Commander of the United States Pacific Air Forces, Commander of the United States Army Pacific, Adjutant General, and members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Hawaiian Flag; United States Military