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HI SB2664
Bill
Status
3/6/2018
Primary Sponsor
Kalani English
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AI Summary
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Codifies United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 3 into Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 226 to align state policy with international sustainability commitments.
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Establishes Goal 1 (No Poverty) directives for state agencies to eradicate extreme poverty, reduce poverty by half, implement social protection systems, ensure equal economic rights, and build resilience to climate-related shocks by 2030.
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Establishes Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) directives for state agencies to reduce maternal mortality to below 10 per 100,000 live births, reduce child mortality rates, end disease epidemics, reduce non-communicable disease deaths by one-third, and achieve universal health coverage by 2030.
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Directives are discretionary, allowing agencies to take action "insofar as practicable" to achieve these sustainable development goals.
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Effective date set for July 1, 3000 (appears to be a drafting error).
Legislative Description
Relating To Sustainable Development Goals.
Sustainable Development Goals
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Fukumoto, Har, Holt, Nakashima, Souki, Tokioka excused (7).
3/16/2018