STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2024
RE: S.R. No. 17
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and
Military Affairs and Agriculture and Environment, to which was
referred S.R. No. 17 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO
ERADICATE OCTOCORAL AND OTHER INVASIVE SPECIES FROM PEARL
HARBOR,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to encourage the
United States Navy to take responsibility for the eradication of
octocoral and other invasive species from the waters of Pearl
Harbor.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Coordinating
Group on Alien Pest Species, one member of the Honolulu City
Council, Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21, and one individual.
Your Committees received comments on this measure from the
Hawaii Military Affairs Council and Ali‘i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic
Club.
Your Committees find that octocoral takes over marine
habitats extremely quickly because it is a "soft coral" that does
not form a calcium exoskeleton like reef-building corals, allowing
it to rapidly grow and spread colonies, smothering Hawaiian coral
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reef ecosystems. Your Committees further find that United States
Navy reported the presence of octocoral near Pearl Harbor in late
2020 during surveys that were not focused on these octocorals and
recent surveys have documented these species in a much larger area
and indicate that they were most likely present before 2019. Your
Committees conclude that due to the United States Navy's
jurisdiction over Pearl Harbor, the Navy must take action to
eradicate octocoral and other invasive species in the waters of
Pearl Harbor.
Your Committees have amended this measure by making
technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity
and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs and Agriculture and Environment that are attached to this
report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 17, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form
attached hereto as S.R. No. 17, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Public Safety and
Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs and Agriculture and
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
PSM/AEN 02)11^/1^]
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended v^Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_______________ 2310________ 2313
Members Aye/ Aye (WR) Nay Excused
WAKAI. Glenn (C)
ELEFANTE. Brandon J.C. (VC)
FUKUNAGA. Carol
RHOADS. Karl
AWA. Brenton
TOTAL
Recommendation: / 1 '
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution; Original ( ) Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report \ Cl/rk'sJZffice / Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measOre oer Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date: , /
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The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended V Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 ' 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
GABBARD, Mike (C)
RICHARDS. Ill, Herbert M. “Tim” (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL s
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23