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Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women
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- HSCSW
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Dates of existence
July 2, 1970
History
The Governor's Commission on the Status of Women was established by gubernatorial executive order on May 15, 1964. The Fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaiʻi in 1970 passed Senate Bill No. 17 4 - a bill for an act establishing a state commission and county committees on the status of women. On July 2, 1970, Governor John A. Burns signed into law Act 190 creating the Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women (HSCSW) to be a statewide organization concerned with improving the lives of women in Hawaiʻi. This same act created County Committees on the Status of Women to look into county issues regarding women.
For administrative purposes, the state commission was attached to the Department of Budget and Finance. Act 302 passed by the Tenth State Legislature in 1980 transferred the commission to the Department of Social Services and Housing. In 1987 the department's name was changed to the Department of Human Services. Act 151 passed by the Eighteenth State Legislature in 1995 mandated that the lieutenant governor assume administrative responsibility for the commission.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women administers statutes relating to the status of women as mandated in Chapter 367 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes.
The commission appoints an executive director for the administration and enforcement of statutes relating to the status of women as mandated in Chapter 367 of the Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes.
By legislating a permanent statewide program on the status of women in 1970, the Fifth Legislature recognized the need to continue the work of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Act 190 authorized the state commission to aid in the implementation of recommendations made by the Governor's commission to improve the status of women. Additionally, the commission is charged to develop long range goals, coordinate research planning, programming, and action on the opportunities, needs, problems, and acknowledge contributions made by women.
The mandated powers and duties of the commission are to act as a central clearinghouse and coordinating body for governmental and community activities relating to the status ·of women; create public awareness and understanding of the responsibilities, needs, potentials, and contributions of women; recommend legislative and administrative action on equal treatment and opportunities for women; encourage a long range program of education of women in their political rights and responsibilities, particularly with voting; maintain contacts with appropriate federal, state, local, and international agencies concerned with the status of women; cooperate and collaborate with national groups on the status of women and arranged for participation by representatives of the state in White House conferences and other national conferences; administer allocated funds; and submit an annual report with recommendations to the governor and the legislature.
Mandates/sources of authority
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1970. Act 190 ... Establishing a State Commission and County Committees on the Status of Women
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1972. Act 162 ... Relating to the Commission on the Status of Women
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1980. Act 302 ... Relating to the Transfer of Programs and Organizational Segments in State Government
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1984. Act 74 ... Relating to the Status of Women
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1987. Act 339 ... Relating to the Department of Human Services
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1991. Act 46 ... Relating to the State Commission on the Status of Women
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1994. Act 56 . . . Relating to the Department of Personnel
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1995. Act 151 . . . Relating to the Commission on the Status of Women
Session Laws of Hawaiʻi, 1998. Act 74 ... Relating to the State Commission on the Status of Women
Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes, Title 20 - Social Services, Chapter 367 - Status of Women
Internal structures/genealogy
The commission consists of 13 members to include ex-officio members who are representatives of the superintendent of education, president of the University of Hawaiʻi, director of Labor and Industrial Relations, director of Human Resources Development, director of Human Services, and director of Health. The remaining members are appointed by the governor.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created in 2001-06, P. Lai
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- English
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Maintenance notes
2001-06, P. Lai: Created
2020-07-29, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM