STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 225
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 932
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 932 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GREEN BONDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Climate Protectors Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Reef and Ocean Coalition; Hawaii Food+ Policy; and Coalition Earth. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your
Committee finds that green bonds are specifically aimed at funding projects
that have positive environmental impacts and include investments in renewable
energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, sustainable agriculture, and green
infrastructure. This measure helps
evaluate the potential for the establishment of a green bonds financing program
for the State by establishing a Green Bonds Working Group.
Your Committee amended
this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 932, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 932, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Economic Development & Technology.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair |
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