SB 2885: COCONUT RHINOCEROS BEETLE MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; GREEN WASTE; AGRICULTURE; BIOSECURITY; PENALTIES

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-18: The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes mandatory handling and storage rules for commercial and residential coconut rhinoceros beetle host material to reduce the spread of CRB within infested zones and to prevent spread into non-infested zones. Establishes penalties. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing