SB2977 Summary

• Directs the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to develop reports assessing the impact of transportation in the tourism industry on climate change, with reports due by December 31, 2020 and updated by July 1, 2022.

• Requires the commission to analyze and categorize data to determine the contribution of tourism-related transportation to greenhouse gas emissions in Hawaii.

• Appropriates general revenues for fiscal year 2018-2019 to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to fund development of the tourism transportation impact reports.

• Acknowledges that approximately one-third of Hawaii's greenhouse gas emissions come from aviation and marine transportation driven by visitors, creating a need to assess the relationship between tourism and climate change.

• Takes effect on July 1, 2050.