STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2775

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2666

S.D. 2

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. 2666, S.D. 1, 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 including the gender equality goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; Office of Planning; Filipina Advocacy Network FAN; Hawaii Green Growth; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawaii; Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii; and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that in order for Hawaii to continue to serve as an example for the rest of the world in setting policies on sustainability and to serve as a global leader on issues of 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 set by the United Nations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date from July 1, 2035, to upon approval.

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. 2666, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2666, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair