STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1161-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2674

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. 2674, 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 under state law Goal 13 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impact.

The Office of Planning, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i, Organizing for Action, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Green Growth, Airport Concessionaries Committee, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. The Hawai‘i Farm Bureau provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 28, 2045, 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 Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2674, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2674, 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