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Bill RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Requires the State to expand strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide in alignment with the principles and goals adopted in the Paris Agreement. Renames the Interagency Climate Adaptation Committee as the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Clarifies the duties of the Commission. Repeals the Commission effective 7/1/2022. Makes appropriations for purposes of this Act and a climate change mitigation and adaptation coordinator position. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2017 Regular Session SB 559 Hawaii SB 559 (2017 Regular Session)
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Climate Change
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DELA CRUZ
ENGLISH
ESPERO
GABBARD
GREEN
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K. RHOADS
KEITH-AGARAN
KIDANI
NISHIHARA
RIVIERE
S. CHANG
SHIMABUKURO
Taniguchi
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Hawaii SB 559 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

Requires the State to expand strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide in alignment with the principles and goals adopted in the Paris Agreement. Renames the Interagency Climate Adaptation Committee as the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Clarifies the duties of the Commission. Repeals the Commission effective 7/1/2022. Makes appropriations for purposes of this Act and a climate change mitigation and adaptation coordinator position. (CD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. SB559 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB559_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB559_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB559_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 150 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
  • ENGLISH — primary (person)
  • ESPERO — primary (person)
  • GABBARD — primary (person)
  • GREEN — primary (person)
  • Ihara — primary (person)
  • K. KAHELE — primary (person)
  • K. RHOADS — primary (person)
  • KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • NISHIHARA — primary (person)
  • RIVIERE — primary (person)
  • S. CHANG — primary (person)
  • SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
  • Taniguchi — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-20 Introduced. introduction
  • 2017-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2017-01-23 Referred to AEN/GVO, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2017-01-27 Re-Referred to AEN/GVO/TRE, WAM.
  • 2017-02-03 The committee(s) on AEN/GVO/TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-17 3:00PM in conference room 225.
  • 2017-02-10 The committee(s) on AEN/GVO/TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-17 10:10AM in conference room 414.
  • 2017-02-14 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-14 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, Galuteria, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Tokuda. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-14 The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Dela Cruz, English, Harimoto, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-17 Reported from AEN/GVO/TRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 423) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
  • 2017-02-17 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
  • 2017-02-24 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-17 9:40AM in conference room 211.
  • 2017-02-27 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Inouye, Wakai. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 741) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2017-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
  • 2017-03-07 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2017-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 199) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
  • 2017-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to EEP/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Thursday, 03-23-17 11:00AM in House conference room 325.
  • 2017-03-23 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Kong, Say, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-23 The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Kong, Cullen, Evans, C. Lee, Lowen, Say, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-24 Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1340) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2017-03-24 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2017-03-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-17 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2017-03-31 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cachola, Ward; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-07 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1736) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-04-07 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-17.
  • 2017-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cachola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong, McDermott voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2017-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 559). introduction
  • 2017-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2017-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 677).
  • 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Yamane, Lowen Co-Chairs; Thielen.
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
  • 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Kim, Inouye, English Co-Chairs.
  • 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
  • 2017-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-21 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 11:00AM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 12:30PM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 2:15PM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-04-28 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim, English; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Yamane.
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 101).
  • 2017-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 101) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2017-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
  • 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
  • 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
  • 2017-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2017-06-08 Act 032, on 06/06/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature
  • 2017-06-08 Act 032, 06/06/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3af3a42a-fc94-401c-8036-f87e857d8ed0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).