Bill Text: HI SB2714 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The State Snail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB2714 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2714-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE SNAIL.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii's land snails have a significant role in native ecosystems. Hawaii's land snails act as fungivores that scrape fungus off of plants to promote plant health, decompose decaying material for plant nutrients, and are a major component of intact watershed forest communities. These snails may also serve as a food source for other native species. In Hawaiian culture, snails such as kāhuli, pūpūkanioe, and pūpū kuahiwi have a significant role in native songs, hula, chants, and are a symbol of romance and omens. Furthermore, land snails are among the most threatened of all animal groups in the world, with more recorded extinctions than birds and mammals combined.
The legislature further finds that pūpū kuahiwi (Laminella sanguinea) is a snail endemic to Hawaii and, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, critically endangered. This snail is one of only a few living representatives of the Amastridae family, the only extant endemic family remaining in Hawaii. The pūpū kuahiwi have a zigzag color pattern, reminiscent of kīke‘eke‘e, a Hawaiian kapa pattern. This endangered snail is important for the preservation of native ecosystems and the Hawaiian culture.
The legislature finds that designating the pūpū kuahiwi as the state snail will increase awareness of the imperiled status and cultural and ecological relevance of all Hawaiian land snails, preserve their cultural and ecological significance, and encourage continued conservation of native Hawaiian invertebrates.
The purpose of this Act is to designate the pūpū kuahiwi as the official state snail.
SECTION 2. Chapter 5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§5‑ State snail. Pūpū kuahiwi (laminella sanguinea) is established and designated as the official snail of the State."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
State Snail; Pūpū Kuahiwi
Description:
Designates pūpū kuahiwi as the official state snail. (SD1)
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