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SB2736
THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
2736
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to procurement
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION
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The legislature finds that, even
when state buildings are designed to operate efficiently, building materials
can carry significant greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction,
processing, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and
end-of-life treatment.
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National and
international analyses commonly attribute approximately one-tenth of annual
global emissions to building materials and construction activities.
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The legislature further finds that the
State's procurement practices can support transparency and better public
decision-making by ensuring that standardized, comparable environmental
information is disclosed for construction products used in state construction
projects.
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Environmental product
declarations are standardized life cycle disclosures for construction products
developed pursuant to internationally recognized standards including ISO 21930,
established by the International Organization for Standardization.
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Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to
require the submission and retention of environmental product declarations for
building materials used in state construction projects to enable the collection
of consistent data.
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SECTION
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Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to part IV to be appropriately designated and
to read as follows:
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�103D-
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Environmental
product declaration; submission requirement for state construction projects.
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(a)
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The procurement practices of
the State for state construction projects shall include a requirement for the submission
of environmental product declarations for building materials incorporated into
the project.
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(b)
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The purchasing agency shall require, as part
of the contract administration process for each state construction project,
that the contractor submit to the purchasing agency environmental product
declarations for the building materials incorporated into the project,
including the climate change potential values reported in those declarations.
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(c)
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The purchasing agency shall notify offerors
and contractors of the information, procedures, and forms, if any, required to
submit environmental product declarations required under this section.
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(d)
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Environmental product declarations submitted pursuant
to this section shall be collected and retained as procurement records in
accordance with section 103D-320.
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Section 103D-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding two new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read
as follows:
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"Climate change
potential" means a measure of the relative contribution of a greenhouse
gas or a set of greenhouse gases to warming, expressed as a carbon dioxide
equivalent, as reported in an environmental product declaration.
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"Environmental product
declaration" means a standardized report that transparently quantifies a
product's environmental impacts across its life cycle, from raw material
extraction to end-of-life, based on a life cycle assessment, and developed in
accordance with the ISO 21930, established by the International Organization
for Standardization or a successor standard.
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SECTION
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Section 103D-320, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
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�103D-320
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Retention of procurement records;
evaluations.
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All procurement
records shall be retained and disposed of in accordance with chapter 94 and
records retention guidelines and schedules approved by the comptroller.
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Written past performance evaluations for all
procurements over the small purchase threshold shall be maintained in the
processing department's procurement files and in the statewide past performance
database.
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Procurement records for
state construction projects shall include any environmental product
declarations submitted pursuant to section 103D- .
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New statutory material is underscored.
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SECTION 6.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Procurement;
Environmental Product Declaration; Climate Change Potential; State Construction
Projects
Description:
Requires
the submission and retention of environmental product declarations for state
construction projects.
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