STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2016-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 21

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 21 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND ADOPTING, AND URGING THE SEVERAL COUNTIES TO ENDORSE AND USE, THE UNITED NATIONS SEVENTEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AS COMPONENTS OF A FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING AND ASSESSING HAWAII'S EFFORTS TOWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to endorse, adopt, and urge the several counties to endorse and use the United Nations Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals as components of a framework for addressing and assessing Hawaii's efforts toward social justice and sustainability.

Your committees received testimony in support from The Nature Conservancy, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and two individuals.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 21 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair