Bill Text: HI SR185 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting All Branches Of The United States Military To Display The Hawaiian Flag On All United States Military Reservations And Military Training Facilities In The State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-04 - Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). [SR185 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SR185-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING ALL BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TO DISPLAY THE HAWAIIAN FLAG ON ALL UNITED STATES 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, along with more than eleven 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 2024, 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 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 of the Department of Defense, and members of Hawaii's congressional delegation.
Hawaiian Flag; United States Military
