Bill Text: HI HR57 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting That The University Of Hawaii Provide Information To The Legislature On Possible Techniques To Eliminate Mosquitos From Hawaii.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-13 - Referred to HLT, HED, referral sheet 29 [HR57 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HR57-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	57
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting that the university of hawai‘i provide information to the legislature on possible techniques to eliminate mosquitos from hawaii.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, mosquitos are an alien species in Hawaii and were introduced to the Hawaiian archipelago in the late 1800s; and

 

     WHEREAS, mosquitos are vectors of diseases that affect humans and wildlife; and

 

     WHEREAS, without sufficient eradication efforts, mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and zika virus are likely to become established in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, avian malaria has decimated the native bird population throughout the range of the mosquito; and

 

     WHEREAS, as our climate warms, mosquitoes are able to survive at higher altitudes and Hawaii's native birds will continue to lose survivable habitat as mosquitos move mauka; and

 

     WHEREAS, eliminating mosquitos is a critical element of restoring the original habitat of Hawaii's native birds and could be a deciding factor in saving native birds from extinction; and

 

     WHEREAS, mosquito eradication techniques, including introducing genetically-engineered mosquitoes to disrupt breeding and reproduction cycles, have been developed and tested in multiple mosquito-affected regions of the world; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, that the University of Hawai‘i, through its College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, is requested to investigate techniques that can be used to eliminate mosquitoes from Hawaii, the estimated cost of establishing a statewide mosquito eradication program using identified techniques, and the expected environmental impacts of such a program; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of Hawai‘i is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; Chancellor of the University of Hawai‘i System; Dean of the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management; and Deputy Director of the Department of Health's Environmental Health Administration.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Mosquito Eradication; Health; Environment