Crossover is upon us!
/The 2018 legislative session is halfway finished! ...and what a whirlwind it has been. For those of you with us for the first time, welcome and thanks for sticking to it! We know it can be fast and furious. Please feel free to reach out with any questions: hawaii.chapter@sierraclub.org
Below is the list of 50 environmental bills we will be pushing after crossover. Please familiarize as necessary! Most bills already have committee referrals, so NOW it is time to contact committee chairs to hear these bills ASAP. Next important deadline: March 23 is second lateral.
What is "crossover", you ask?
Crossover: deadline for bills to pass third reading in order to move (or “crossover”) to the other chamber. If successful, House bills are sent to the Senate and Senate bills are sent to the House for further consideration.
Click here for a quick view refresher on how a bill becomes a law in Hawaiʻi.
Sea Level Rise
HB 2106 OEQC/Chapter 343 include SLR considerations
SB 2334 SLR planning
SB 3068 Implements recommendations of the SLR report
Clean Energy
HB 1801 Gas utility standard = electric utility standard
HB 1864 Ocean thermal air conditioning
HB 2460 Microgrids
SB 2939 Performance based rates
HB 2724 Office of Clean Energy
HB 2719 Clean energy economy advisory board
SB 2910 Grid resiliency / HB 2249 Grid resiliency
HB 2110 Microgrid tariff
HB 1830 UH Green Special Fund
Carbon
HB 1986 DBEDT carbon revenues
HB 2182 Carbon Sequestration Task Force
SB 1088 Haleakala Carbon Forestry Project FIN
HB 795 Carbon forestry certification WTL, WAM
Cesspools
HB 2626 Third party consultant
SB 2717 Grants for Hawaiian Homelands
SB 2567 Upgrade upon sale
Sunscreens
SB 2571 Oxybenzone/Octinoxate Ban
Polystyrene/Plastics
SB2498 Polystyrene ban
HB 2107 Plastic Pollution Initiative
HB 2718 DAGS county polystyrene
Waste/Recycling
HB 1806 Food donations
HB 1800 Motor vehicle tires
SB 3099 Recycling benchmarks
HB 2025 Composting in schools pilot project
SB 2110 Motor oil collection
Native/Invasive Species
SB 2399 Invasive Species Authority
Pesticides
SB 3095 Buffer zones
SB 2126 Pesticide revolving fund
SB 2569 Pesticide Advisory Committee
Agriculture/Land Use
SB 2524 County land use requirements
SB 2572 Local food production
SB 2561 Conservation districts / HB 2101 Conservation districts
Trails
SB 2331 Na Ala Hele trail funding
Watersheds
HB 2595 DLNR watershed funding
HB 1977 Watershed flood mitigation
Freshwater
HB 1987 Stream study
SB 2930 Underground Storage Tanks
HB 2592 Water infrastructure funding
DLNR Funding
SB 3038 TAT—>DLNR funding
General Environment
HB 2026 LRB study to re-org agencies
HB 2470 State and county water and air quality standards
SB 2977 Tourism effects on climate change
SB 2965 Nature-based solutions in climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts
Sustainable Development Goals
SB 2667 Clean water and sanitation
SB 2668 Affordable and clean energy
SB 2674 Climate action
SB 2675 Life below water
SB 2676 Life on land