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HI HB2809

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2012

Primary Sponsor

Angus McKelvey

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Origin

House of Representatives

2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates October as "Kalo Appreciation Month" to promote kalo (taro) cultivation and appreciation in Hawaii

  • Recognizes kalo as a culturally significant plant to Native Hawaiians and the state, previously designated as the state plant in 2008

  • Acknowledges Hawaii's distinctive kalo cultivation traditions and the varieties developed through native Hawaiian farming practices

  • Specifies that Kalo Appreciation Month is not a state holiday

  • Effective date: January 20, 2020

Legislative Description

Kalo Appreciation Month

Last Action

(S) Referred to AGL/EDT.

3/8/2012

Committee Referrals

Agriculture2/14/2012
Hawaiian Affairs1/27/2012

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