STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3254
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1899
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Agriculture and Environment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1899 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE SNAILS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate certain snail species as official state snails.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species; Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo; Natural Conservancy, Hawaiʻi and Palmyra; and thirty-seven individuals.
Your Committees
find that many Hawaiian snail species are so unique that the genealogical
family is entirely composed of species found only from Hawaii, but many have
either gone extinct or are critically endangered. Your Committees further find that in 2023,
the Bishop Museum organized a statewide snail voting campaign to give voice to
the community in deciding which snail species to recommend to the Legislature
to be designated as the official state snail for each island. Your Committees believe that designating
snails as the official state snails will bring awareness to both the importance
of these terrestrial snails and the urgent need to save the remaining snails.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Agriculture and Environment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1899, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Agriculture and Environment,
________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair |
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________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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