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Committee advances resolution urging State Foundation to establish annual Pacific Island culture and arts festival
Summary
HR 158 and HCR 163, urging the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish an annual festival celebrating Pacific Island culture and arts, were advanced with a technical amendment; the State Foundation said it is already planning such an event.
The House Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs voted to advance HR 158 and HCR 163 with a technical amendment, urging the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish an annual festival celebrating Pacific Island culture and arts.
Karen Ewald, executive director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, testified by Zoom that the foundation “stand[s] in strong support” and that “we were actually already planning something like this.” She told members the resolution signals legislative support even though the foundation had been developing plans.
Committee members adopted a technical amendment (noted in the record as removing the requirement to provide copies to the president of the senate and speaker of the house) and forwarded the measures with the committee recommendation. The transcript recorded no funding, timeline, or operational details for a festival; committee members asked no substantive follow-up questions during the hearing.
