STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3068

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3100

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3100, S.D. 1, 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, sustainability, and economic development by including in the Hawaii Revised Statutes the seventeen United Nations sustainable development goals and indicators of those goals, along with references to existing state sustainability programs.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Planning, Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Kamehameha Schools, Healthy Climate Communities, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and six individuals.

Your Committee finds that the codification of sustainable development goals and indicators serves to affirm the State's full commitment to its sustainability policies and goals, as well as international sustainable development goals set by the United Nations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing references to the year 2020 with respect to goals involving local food production, genetic diversity of plants and animals, and fishing practices and fishery subsidies, to reflect the updated goal year of 2030, consistent with the intent of Act 151, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, and the Sustainable Hawaii Initiative;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) 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. 3100, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3100, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair