HRS §226-4
State goals for Hawaii's future
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section sets broad goals for Hawaii: a strong and diverse economy, a clean and beautiful environment, and well-being for individuals and families. These goals aim to give people today and in the future more choice and self-reliance. It does not create specific rules or requirements.
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The statute, as written — ‑4 State goals
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
In order to ensure, for present and future generations, those elements of choice and mobility that ensure that individuals and groups may approach their desired levels of self-reliance and self-determination, it shall be the goal of the State to achieve: (1) A strong, viable economy, characterized by stability, diversity, and growth, that enables the fulfillment of the needs and expectations of Hawaii's present and future generations. (2) A desired physical environment, characterized by beauty, cleanliness, quiet, stable natural systems, and uniqueness, that enhances the mental and physical well-being of the people. (3) Physical, social, and economic well-being, for individuals and families in Hawaii, that nourishes a sense of community responsibility, of caring, and of participation in community life.
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