STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2576

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3100

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 3100 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 seventeen United Nations sustainable development goals and indicators with references to existing state sustainability programs, such as the Aloha+ Challenge, Sustainable Hawai'i Initiative, and World Conservation Congress Hawaii Commitments, in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Department of Human Services; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission, State of Hawaii; Office of Planning, State of Hawaii; Kamehameha Schools; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Surfrider Foundation Oahu; Life of the Land; Healthy Climate Communities; Coastal Planners, LLC; and two individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure aligns with our state's commitment to conservation, sustainability, and economic development, and that the adoption of this measure will supplement the State's existing sustainability goals, empower collective government and private conservation efforts in Hawaii to preserve and improve the State's communities and environment, and contribute to global efforts designed to build a more sustainable future for the world.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3100, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3100, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair