Bill Text: HI HR182 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declaring April As Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-28 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2). [HR182 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HR182-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	182
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

DECLARING APRIL as CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, child abuse and neglect continue to pose serious threats to our nation's children; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 2017, an estimated 674,000 children suffered and 1,720 died nationally from abuse and neglect; and

 

     WHEREAS, nearly four thousand cases of suspected child abuse are reported in Hawaii every year; and

 

     WHEREAS, Prevent Child Abuse America has declared April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month; and

 

     WHEREAS, in April, Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii will lead the State's participation in the Blue Ribbon Project, a display of blue ribbons to increase public awareness and foster public conversation about child abuse and neglect; and

 

     WHEREAS, child abuse and neglect are community problems, requiring community solutions; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, that the Legislature hereby declares April as Child Abuse Prevention Month; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the people of Hawaii are encouraged to work together to support child abuse prevention activities and services during the month of April and throughout the year; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services, Director of Health, and Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

April; Child Abuse Prevention Month; Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii