STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1213-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2672

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 Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2672, 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 Goal 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Indicators, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, with references to existing state sustainability programs.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Department of Human Services, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Planning, HPM Building Supply, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Oahu Economic Development Board, Hawai‘i Green Growth, and two individuals supported this measure. Two individuals opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the requirement that state agencies take actions that are in line and pursuant to the goals of the Aloha+ Challenge;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, 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 Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2672, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2672, 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 Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair