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HI SB878

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2011

Primary Sponsor

Maile Shimabukuro

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus) as the official state land mammal of Hawaii.

  • Recognizes the Hawaiian hoary bat as Hawaii's only endemic land mammal and a subspecies found nowhere else in the world.

  • Establishes this designation to raise awareness of the bat's endangered status and its ecological importance to the state.

  • Adds a new section to Chapter 5 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes defining the Hawaiian hoary bat as the state land mammal.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2011.

Legislative Description

Hawaiian Hoary Bat; State Land Mammal

Last Action

(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.

2/14/2011

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Labor2/14/2011
Hawaiian Affairs1/24/2011

Full Bill Text

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