S.C.R. NO. 30 Summary

• Urges the Governor to identify lands in Hawaii suitable for establishing a new national laboratory

• Requests the Governor submit a report to the Legislature on identified lands no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2020 Regular Session

• Notes that national laboratories have driven scientific innovation for over seventy years and the U.S. Department of Energy operates seventeen such facilities

• States that a national laboratory in Hawaii would strengthen the state economy by attracting science, technology, engineering, and math professionals and support renewable energy goals