Bill: Designate A Hawaii State Microbe

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House Bill 293, sponsored by Kauai Rep. Jimmy Tokioka, establishes and designates Flavobacterium (akiainvivens) as the official microbe of the state.

According to the bill, “The legislature finds that there are sixteen adopted, designated, and established official symbols of the state of Hawaii. This number increases to thirty-one when designated flowers and colors of the individual islands are also included.

“From the state motto, “ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono,” which, translated, means “the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness,” to the state plant, kalo (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott), these designated symbols are representative of all things unique to the state of Hawaii and its individual islands. Missing from this group of symbols is an official state microbe.”

HB 293 is moving through the House.

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Photo courtesy Nathan Reading.

—Chad Blair

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