STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 1 2025
RE: S.C.R. No. 56
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 56
entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the United
States government to establish a national biodiversity strategy.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Hawai‘i Food+
Policy.
Your Committees find that the State is home to a significant
number of endemic species and habitats of great ecological,
cultural, historical, and scientific value that must be protected
for current and future generations. Your Committees recognize
that the ongoing biodiversity crisis poses a direct threat to the
security, health, and well-being of Hawaii's residents by
diminishing critical ecosystem services and increasing the State's
vulnerability to invasive species and natural disasters. A
national biodiversity security strategy, as urged by this measure,
would support the coordination and planning needed to reduce the
threat of invasive species and identify the need for additional
funding and capacity to manage and protect Hawaii's native
species.
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As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs and Agriculture
and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees
concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 56 and recommend
its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Energy and
Intergovernmental Affairs and
MIKE GABBARD, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs
EIG
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ________________________________________________
The Re^mmendation is:
JXl Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
" \ 2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Av®. Aye (WR) Nay Excused
WAKAI, Glenn (C)
CHANG. Stanley (VC)
DECOITE, Lynn
RICHARDS, III, Herbert M. “Tim”
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL Ij 1
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee^s^^^ature^^^
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: 12/09/24
 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Agriculture and Environment
AEN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date: / i
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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 Pass, with amendments QJ 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 0 0 1
Recommendation: >
JXJ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature: 17 fj /
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: 12/09/24