Hawaii HB2433 establishes that the Hawaiian version of a law is binding if originally drafted in Hawaiian or amended in Hawaiian.

Hawaii HB2433 amends Hawaii Revised Statutes to require that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian or if it was originally drafted in English and later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in Hawaiian. This change aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the United States signed in 2011. The bill also reaffirms Hawaiian as an official language of Hawaii, alongside English.

Hawaii HB2433 establishes that the Hawaiian version of a law is binding if originally drafted in Hawaiian or amended in Hawaiian.

Hawaii HB2433 amends Hawaii Revised Statutes to require that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law was originally drafted in Hawaiian or if it was originally drafted in English and later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in Hawaiian. This change aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the United States signed in 2011. The bill also reaffirms Hawaiian as an official language of Hawaii, alongside English.