Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 1, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 7051
AN ACT CONCERNING THE BLACK BEAR POPULATION IN THE STATE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Emergency Services and Public Protection to develop a black bear management plan to ensure public safety and the protection of property and maintain a sustainable black bear population in the state.
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
4 co-sponsors
Mark W. Anderson, Karen Reddington-Hughes, Patrick S. Boyd, Patrick E. Callahan
In the Senate
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 20 to April 1, 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 action9 actions on 5 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Apr 1 · stopped40 days
Public Safety and Security CommitteeFeb 20 to Mar 1826 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Public Safety and Security Committee25–3
Mar 18 · 1 present
Who voted how
Yea Alphonse Paolillo Jr., Ben McGorty, Brian Lanoue, Carol Hall, Christopher Poulos, Craig C. Fishbein, Fred Gee Jr., Greg S. Howard, Henry J. Genga, Jason Buchsbaum, Jeff Gordon, Jill Barry, Joe Canino, John Santanella, Kaitlyn Shake, Kara Rochelle, Mark DeCaprio, Michael D. Quinn, Michael DiGiovancarlo, Minnie Gonzalez, Patrick S. Boyd, Paul Cicarella, Paul Honig, Renee LaMark Muir, William Heffernan
Nay Derek Slap, Herron Gaston, John W. Fonfara
Not voting Liz Linehan
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 20 – Mar 18
- Feb 20Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
- Feb 21Heard in Public Safety and Security Committee
- Mar 18Public Safety and Security Committee recommended a substitute for it
All 9 actions, as published
- Feb 20REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 21PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 18Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 18FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 25REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 1RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 1FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
- Apr 1HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
- Apr 1FILE NO.Both houses