STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2912

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2665

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2665 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 affirm the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by codifying in state law the goal relating to quality education, of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Board of Agriculture; the Department of Education; the Department of Human Services; the University of Hawaii System; IMUAlliance; Oahu Economic Development Board; and OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Planning.

Your Committee finds that in order for Hawaii to continue to serve as an example for the rest of the world in setting sustainability policies and to serve as a global leader on conservation and sustainability, it is essential that the State demonstrate its full commitment to its own policies and goals as well as the sustainable development goals and indicators set by the United Nations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2665, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2665, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair