Hawaii 2025 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR112 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/14/2025

                    THE SENATE   S.C.R. NO.   112     THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025   S.D. 1     STATE OF HAWAII   H.D. 1                          SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION     REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL WITH PURPLE LIGHTS ON AUGUST 7, 2025, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY.

THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 112
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII H.D. 1



THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

112

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

REQUESTING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO LIGHT UP CITY HALL WITH PURPLE LIGHTS ON AUGUST 7, 2025, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL PURPLE HEART DAY.

WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is one of the most recognized, respected, and oldest military decorations awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces; and        WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is awarded to service members who have been injured or killed in military service to the United States; and        WHEREAS, the act of sustaining a wound or sacrificing one's life in the line of military duty has been recognized as a singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity service, warranting receipt of the Purple Heart; and        WHEREAS, meritorious acts of extraordinary fidelity service are the foundation of many of the modern freedoms enjoyed by the people of the United States; and        WHEREAS, the Legislature finds it proper for the State to specifically honor the sacrifices of service members who have received the Purple Heart; and        WHEREAS, August 7 is recognized as National Purple Heart Day; now, therefore,        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the City and County of Honolulu is requested to light up City Hall with purple lights on August 7, 2025, in honor of National Purple Heart Day; and        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu. Report Title:   City and County of Honolulu; National Purple Heart Day; City Hall; Lights

WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is one of the most recognized, respected, and oldest military decorations awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces; and

WHEREAS, the Purple Heart is awarded to service members who have been injured or killed in military service to the United States; and

WHEREAS, the act of sustaining a wound or sacrificing one's life in the line of military duty has been recognized as a singularly meritorious act of extraordinary fidelity service, warranting receipt of the Purple Heart; and

WHEREAS, meritorious acts of extraordinary fidelity service are the foundation of many of the modern freedoms enjoyed by the people of the United States; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature finds it proper for the State to specifically honor the sacrifices of service members who have received the Purple Heart; and

WHEREAS, August 7 is recognized as National Purple Heart Day; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the City and County of Honolulu is requested to light up City Hall with purple lights on August 7, 2025, in honor of National Purple Heart Day; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu.

Report Title:

City and County of Honolulu; National Purple Heart Day; City Hall; Lights