THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Bennette E. Misalucha, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, February 14, 2022

TIME:

3:00pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 224 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

EET

 

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A G E N D A

 

SB 3163

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

Directs the State Energy Office to develop and submit a plan for an atmospheric carbon capture plant.

 

EET/AEN, WAM

SB 3302

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

Requires the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority to design and administer the Environmental and Economic Development Revolving Loan Program and the Property Assessment Financing Program.  Creates the Environmental and Economic Development Revolving Loan Fund.  Appropriates funds.

 

EET/AEN, WAM

SB 2284

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AQUACULTURE.

Establishes provisions relating to the Department of Agriculture's governing of the business of aquaculture.  Grants exclusive property rights to persons who lawfully obtain the cultured progeny of wild plants and animals by brood stock acquisition.  Clarifies that any person who takes aquaculture products without lawful entitlement shall be subject to prosecution for theft.  Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to regulate the transportation, purchase, possession, and sale of specific aquaculture products as may be necessary to protect indigenous species.  Establishes prohibitions relating to the spawning, incubating, or cultivation of transgenic fish species or any exotic species of finfish.  Makes exemptions for certain research activities.  Requires the Department of Agriculture to prepare programmatic environmental impact reports.

 

AEN/EET, JDC/WAM

SB 3325

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES.

Establishes the Hawaii farmland and forest soil health carbon smart incentive program (program) to incentivize carbon sequestration activities through incentives contracts that provide for compensation for eligible practices by program participants.  Appropriates funds for positions and for administering the program.

 

AEN/EET, WAM

 

 

 

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

 

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Senator Glenn Wakai

Chair