STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1155-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2678

S.D. 3

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 Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 2678, S.D. 3, 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 17, the goal to strengthen the means of implementation of sustainable development goals, of the seventeen United Nations Sustainability Development Guidelines and indicators, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Office of Planning, Airport Concessionaires Committee, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Green Growth, Oahu Economic Development Board, and Hawai‘i Farm Bureau testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Codifying three additional goals of the seventeen United Nations Sustainability Development Guidelines and indicators, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, including Global Goals 9, 10, and 16, respectively, to:

(A) Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation;

(B) Reduce inequalities; and

(C) Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development; provide access to justice for all; and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels;

(2) Inserting a repeal date of June 30, 2030;

(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2678, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2678, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair