STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2064

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2664

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2664 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to codify the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by incorporating the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal three, good health and well-being, into the State's environmental policy.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Office of Planning, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that a priority of the Senate for the Regular Session of 2018 is to adopt the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals at the state level. The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. This measure codifies Sustainable Development Goal three, good health and well-being, into state law.

Your Committee finds that this measure will promote public health by incorporating tangible goals into public policy and encouraging state actors to meet those goals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2664 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair