Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 1, 1 January 2018 — LEGISLATIVE SESSION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LEGISLATIVE SESSION

By Office of Hawaiian Affairs Staff As the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Public Policy team prepares for the 2018 legislative session, key priorities include securing more funding for Native Hawaiian programs, helping Hawai'i residents achieve greater hnaneial security and expanding protections for our cultural and natural resources. OHA will be submitting four bills for eonsideration this session, as well as testifying on hundreds of other measures that impact our beneficiaries. In addition to the summaries in Ka Wai Ola, OHA's legislative package and additional information on the bills ean be found at www.oha.org/legislation, where you ean also sign up to receive alerts about opportunities to testify at upcoming hearings. The webpage will be updated throughout the session to keep beneficiaries informed about any changes or amendments to the bills. The 2018 session opens on Jan. 17 and adjourns on May 3.

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