STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2852

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2035

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2035, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGENERATIVE TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to help provide guidelines to balance tourism in the State with the management of the State's natural resources and the well-being of Hawaii's communities.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Adds various concepts of regenerative tourism to the State Planning Act; and

(2) Requires the Hawaii Tourism Authority to prepare and update the Tourism Functional Plan.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Tourism Authority and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee finds that incorporating regenerative tourism into the visitor industry objectives of the State Planning Act will help to emphasize the State's commitment to a sustainable economic recovery.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2035, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2035, 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