STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1359-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2666

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2666, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to affirm the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by codifying under state law Goal 5 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

The Department of Human Services, Office of Planning, Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, American Association of University Women of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Green Growth, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Oahu Economic Development Board, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2666, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2666, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair