STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1192-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2676

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 Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2676, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to affirm the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by codifying Goal 15, the goal to protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems; sustainably manage forests; combat desertification; and halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss, of the seventeen United Nations Sustainability Development Guidelines and indicators, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Office of Planning, Department of Agriculture, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Green Growth, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Oahu Economic Development Board, and three concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 28, 2045.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2676, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2676, 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 Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Agriculture,

____________________________ RICHARD P. CREAGAN, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair