Bill Text: HI HB2079 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Official State Microbe; Designation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-08 - (S) Referred to HTH. [HB2079 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2079-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 682-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2079
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2079 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE MICROBE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Several individuals testified in support of this measure.
Your Committee notes that microbes are the most abundant organisms in Hawaii and on Earth. The bacterium Nesiotobacter exalbescens is a rare microbe and was isolated from a remote environment, a hypersaline lake on Laysan atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Your Committee believes that designation of the bacterium Nesiotobacter exalbescens as the State microbe will enhance awareness of microbiology and science, as well as stimulate interest in microbial discoveries and applications.
Recognizing the connection of the bacterium Nesiotobacter exalbescens to Hawaii, your Committee requests that this bacterium also be known by the Hawaiian phrase "kinohi ‘ākala", which translated into English means "pinkish, reddish endemic genesis".
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to August 16, 2161, to facilitate continued discussion; and
(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2079, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2079, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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