Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3543
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct activities related to ballast water to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: This Act gives money to the DEQ to stop aquatic invasive species in ballast water. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Appropriates moneys to the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct activities related to ballast water to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
February 11 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Jun 27 · stopped136 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 11 to Feb 121 day
Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterFeb 12 to Jun 27 · stopped135 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Jun 27
- Feb 11Introduced
- Feb 12Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 11First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Feb 12Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives