STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2130

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2677

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2677 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 goal sixteen; peace, justice, and strong institutions, of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and indicators, with references to existing state sustainability programs, if applicable, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Office of Planning, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Oahu Economic Development Board, and Oahu County Legislative Priorities Committee of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii has been a leader in conservation efforts for decades, through its commitment to environmental and sustainability policies, and that the priority of the Senate for the Regular Session of 2018 is to adopt the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals at the state level. The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. This measure codifies Sustainable Development Goal sixteen; peace, justice, and strong institutions, into state law.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Codifying the Sustainable Development Goal in chapter 226, Hawaii Revised Statutes, instead of chapter 344, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2035, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2677, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2677, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair