STAND. REP. No.
COM.
Honolulu, Hawaii
.622
APRULZBB
RE: S.C.R. NO. 114
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 114 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 8, 2023, AS
HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPERS CELEBRATION DAY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to recognize August
8, 2023, as Hawaiian Honeycreepers Celebration Day.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; The Nature
Conservancy; numerous students from ‘Iolani School, Manoa
Elementary School, Hawaii Technology Academy; and fifteen
individuals.
Your Committee finds that Hawaii is experiencing a manu
(bird) extinction crisis, with ninety-five of its one hundred
forty—two endemic bird species having become extinct and the
remaining forty-seven species facing critical threats.
Additionally, of the more than fifty species of honeycreepers
endemic to Hawaii, only seventeen species remain, and twelve
species are designated by the federal or state government as
critically endangered or threatened. With the introduction of
mosquitoes to Hawaii in 1826 and mosquito—borne diseases such as
avian malaria and pox in the 1900s, the range of Hawaiian
honeycreepers has largely shrunk to high-elevation cool forests
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such as Alakai Plateau on Kauai; Haleakala on Maui; and Mauna Kea
and Mauna Loa on Hawaii Island.
Your Committee further finds that Hawaiian honeycreepers,
like all manu species, function as pollinators, nutrient cyclers,
seed dispensers, and pest managers, keeping the State's forests
healthy and catalyzing natural cycles in native ecosystems.
Hawaiian honeycreepers are also culturally significant to Native
Hawaiians, who foster reciprocal relationships with native manu
and regard them as messengers between the gods and the people as
told in various moolelo (stories), olelo noeau (proverbs), kaao
(legends), and mele (songs). Feathers from honeycreepers were
also vital in ancient Hawaii to adorn alii (chiefs) with symbols
of power and authority. This measure recognizes the scientific
and cultural significance of Hawaiian honeycreepers to protect
native manu species from further harm.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.C.R. No. 114 and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
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behalf of the members of the
Committee on Transportation and
Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
ng ‘ \ L/ 12.4 3/a9/2/3
D The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:
The R commendation is:
dPaSS, unamended
2312
D Pass, with amendments
2311
D Hold
2310
D Recommit
2313
Members Ayg Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C) \//
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC) V/
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. V/
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett V/
AWA, Brenton V
TOTA L
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Recommendation:
Adopted D Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
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Distribution: Original Yam Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk‘s Office Drafting Ageng Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 11/30/22