Bill Text: HI HB1715 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Climate Change.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1715 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB1715-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 32, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:
"SECTION 2. (a) The State shall expand
strategies and mechanisms to reduce [the] greenhouse gas emissions [statewide]
through the reduction of energy use, adoption of renewable energy, and control
of air pollution among all agencies, departments, industries, and sectors,
including transportation. Such strategies and mechanisms shall utilize the best
available science, technologies, and policies to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and shall be closely aligned with the climate change principles and
goals adopted in the Paris Agreement and Hawaii's share of obligations within
the expectations apportioned to the United States in the Paris Agreement,
regardless of federal action.
(b) The State shall strive to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategies and shall take actions to conserve and enhance long-term sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases, by prioritizing the development of parks, greenways, and restoration of native upland and coastal forests and wetlands."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Climate Change; Paris Agreement
Description:
Amends Act 32, SLH 2017, by changing the phrase "the greenhouse gas emissions statewide" to "greenhouse gas emissions."
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