STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2835

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2668

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2668 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to codify the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by including the affordable and clean energy goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and indicators, with references to existing state sustainability programs, if applicable, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Transportation; Office of Planning; Oahu Economic Development Board; Hawaii Green Growth; Filipina Advocacy Network FAN; OCC Legislative Priorities Committee, Democratic Party of Hawai'i; Sierra Club of Hawaii; 350.org; 350Hawaii; and twenty-nine individuals.

 

Your Committee received written comments in opposition of this measure from one individual.

 

Your Committee finds that in order for Hawaii to continue to serve as an example for the rest of the world in setting policies on sustainability and to serve as a global leader on issues of conservation and sustainability, it is essential that the State demonstrate its full commitment to its own policies and goals as well as the goals set on the international stage at United Nations conferences and summits on sustainability, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal regarding affordable and clean energy.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2668, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair