STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1635-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.R. No. 10

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.R. No. 10 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION ENDORSING AND ADOPTING, AND URGING THE SEVERAL COUNTIES TO ENDORSE AND USE, THE UNITED NATIONS SEVENTEEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AS COMPONENTS OF A FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING AND ASSESSING HAWAII'S EFFORTS TOWARD SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to affirm the State's commitment to conservation and sustainability by engaging, endorsing, accepting, and adopting the seventeen United Nations Sustainability Development Guidelines and indicators as components of a framework for addressing and assessing Hawaii's efforts toward social justice and sustainability and urging the county councils to endorse and use the seventeen United Nations Sustainability Development Guidelines and indicators as measurements for each county's efforts regarding people, peace, and the planet.

 

     Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 10 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair