# Hawaii SCR 93: 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. Hawaii SCR 93, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-15 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 721).) (as of 2026-10-28). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR93-2025 - As of: 2026-10-28 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Hawaii SCR 93 - State: Hawaii - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) - Title: 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. - Status: adopted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-07 - Last action: 2025-04-15, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 721). - Sponsor: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 4 - Subjects: Just Climate Future, Indigenous Knowledge, Olelo Hawaii, EEP - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (8 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kurt Fevella (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Angus L.K. McKelvey (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: SAN BUENAVENTURA ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 4 | 0 | | | 2025-03-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 1 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-15: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 721). (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2101), recommending adoption. (House) - 2025-04-14: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and none excused (0). (House) - 2025-04-14: Transmitted to Senate. (House) - 2025-04-10: The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. (House) - 2025-04-07: Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 04-10-25 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House) - 2025-04-04: Referred to EEP, referral sheet 28 (House) - 2025-04-01: Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD 1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Transmitted to House. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 429) in amended form (SD 1). (House) - 2025-03-31: Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1382) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate) - 2025-03-31: One Day Notice 04-01-25. (Senate) - 2025-03-17: 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. (Senate) - 2025-03-14: The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 03-17-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Referred to AEN. (Senate) - 2025-03-11: The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate) ## Bill text - Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_SD1_.pdf) - Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_.PDF) - SCR93_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_SD1_.HTM) ## Related bills - SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed) - HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed) - SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed) - HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed) - HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed) ## Sources - [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_SD1_.pdf) - [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_.HTM) - [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_.PDF) - [SCR93_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR93_SD1_.HTM) ## Related - [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025) - [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025) - [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025) - [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025) - [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025) - [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025) - [Hawaii bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii/bills) - [Hawaii state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/hawaii) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR93-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).