STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3794

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 124

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, to which was referred S.R. No. 124 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR TO WORK WITH THE STATE AND COUNTY FILM OFFICES TO DEVELOP PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE THAT FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS IN HAWAII ARE UTILIZING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the State Sustainability Coordinator to work with the State and county film offices to develop protocols to ensure that film and television productions in Hawaii utilize sustainable practices.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Honolulu Film Office.

Your Committees find that television and film production programs are among Hawaii's most important industries. However, television and film productions that do not emphasize sustainable practices contribute negatively to the environment. A growing number of advocates in the global entertainment industry recognize the need for more sustainable practices and have called for a reduction and eventual ban of single-use plastics, which are among the most significant causes of environmental damage from television and film productions. This measure urges the State Sustainability Coordinator to work with the State and county film offices to develop protocols to ensure that film and television productions in Hawaii utilize sustainable practices.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 124, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 124, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Environment and Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair