SR 76 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE GOVERNOR, MAYORS OF EACH COUNTY, AND THE STATE TO WORK TOWARDS A JUST CLIMATE FUTURE BY INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTO POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES RELATED TO CLIMATE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE MITIGATION, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY.

Senate Resolution 76 urges the Governor and state agencies to integrate Indigenous Hawaiian knowledge (including traditional ecological practices and the Hawaiian language) into climate policy decisions. It specifically calls for this integration in three areas: climate adaptation (adjusting to climate impacts), climate mitigation (reducing emissions), and climate resiliency (building community strength). The resolution does not create new laws but encourages the state to develop goals that meaningfully include Indigenous knowledge as part of a "just climate future." It directly addresses state leadership and agencies responsible for climate planning.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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SR76 → SR76_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital template, with minor text corrections including fixing a typo ('GOVERNOR AND'THE' to 'GOVERNOR, MAYORS') and standardizing the resolution language. The substantive policy content regarding climate action and indigenous knowledge remains unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability and policy intent remain the same

TECHNICAL

Reformatted document structure from traditional text layout to digital template format with metadata fields

Corrected typo in title section ('GOVERNOR AND'THE' changed to 'GOVERNOR, MAYORS of each county')

Standardized resolution language to use consistent formatting and spacing throughout the document

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How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte).

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Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1383) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

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Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

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Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

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Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to AEN.

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Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

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5 primary · 0 co-sponsors