STAND. COM. REP. NO. 266

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1015

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business, to which was referred H.B. No. 1015 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENERGY DATA,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to share energy data with the Department of Health to improve the Department of Health's annual greenhouse gas reports.

The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Health, Elemental Excelerator, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and an individual supported this measure. Life of the Land provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2100, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1015, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1015, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Economic Development & Business,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair