Hawaii climate impact fee becomes law

Written By Olivia Cropper

By Dan Nakaso for Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Everyone who stays in a Hawaii hotel, cruise ship or other lodging beginning Jan. 1 will pay an extra $3 for every $400 in overnight costs — or an additional $30 for every $4,000 spent to stay in the islands — to help Hawaii pay to address climate change and reduce the risk of future wildfires.

Gov. Josh Green signed Senate Bill 1396 into law as Act 96 on Tuesday while surrounded by representatives of Hawaii’s tourism and lodging industries who cheered on the new law, along with state legislators who navigated the bill through the legislative session that just ended.

Click here to read the full story in the May 28 Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Olivia Cropper
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