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HI SB2674

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2018

Primary Sponsor

Kalani English

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

S.B. 2674 Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Requires integration of climate change measures into state policies, strategies, and planning.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Economic Development & Business3/16/2018
Energy & Environmental Protection3/8/2018
Ways and Means2/5/2018
Agriculture and Environment1/24/2018

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