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HI SB2674
Bill
Status
3/6/2018
Primary Sponsor
Kalani English
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AI Summary
S.B. 2674 Summary
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Codifies Goal 13 of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 344 by requiring state agencies to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by 2030.
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Directs all state agencies to strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Conservation Congress Hawaiʻi Commitments of 2016.
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Requires integration of climate change measures into state policies, strategies, and planning.
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Mandates improvement of education, awareness-raising, and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning pursuant to the goals of the Aloha+ Challenge.
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Effective date is January 28, 2045.
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 EDB 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