STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1163-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2668

S.D. 1

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 Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, 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 in the Hawaii Revised Statutes goal 7, affordable and clean energy, of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators, with references to existing state sustainability programs.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Office of Planning, Department of Transportation, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, Organizing for Action, Healthy Climate Communities, Hawai‘i Green Growth, Airport Concessionaires Committee, and many individuals supported this measure. Life of the Land provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the requirement that state agencies take action that enhances statewide cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology through advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology;

(2) Changing its effective date to January 28, 2045, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development & Business.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair