l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 5147

AN ACT CONCERNING INVASIVE PLANTS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee on April 8, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To allow the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station to inspect nurseries for violations of section 22a-381d of the general statutes, to allow the Commissioner of Agriculture to issue orders in the case of a pet shop violating section 22a-381d of the general statutes, to expand the prohibition against invasive plants to include their seeds, flowers, roots and tubers, to allow for the use of invasive plants for research purposes, and to allow violators to pay the fine without having to appear in court.

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

3 co-sponsors

Patricia M. Widlitz, Mary G. Fritz, Bryan Hurlburt

Its course

February 14 to April 8, 2008, 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 action16 actions on 9 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 14 to Apr 8 · stopped54 days

Environment CommitteeFeb 14 to Feb 2713 days

Planning and Development CommitteeMar 26 to Apr 49 days

Judiciary CommitteeApr 8 to Apr 8 · stopped0 days

Text

Each version as the General 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 General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 14 – Apr 8

  1. Feb 14Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
  2. Feb 21Heard in Environment Committee
  3. Feb 27Environment Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Mar 26Sent to Planning and Development Committee
  5. Apr 4Planning and Development Committee recommended it
  6. Apr 8Sent to Judiciary Committee
All 16 actions, as published
  1. Feb 14REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Feb 27Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Feb 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 6REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 12RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 12FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 12HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 12FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Mar 26REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Apr 4Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. Apr 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. Apr 4RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. Apr 7NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. Apr 7TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 8REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives