Bills

SB 3201: DLNR; DAR; AQUATIC RESOURCES; CORAL REEF RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; REPORTS

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

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-10: Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 16)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

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Second Chamber

Final Decking

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Requires the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to:  (1) manage and administer aquatic life and resources, with the highest priority being to protect, restore, and maintain ecosystem integrity, using the best scientific data available; (2) make plans by certain dates for the restoration of reef ecosystems and indigenous species to a level that is not less than an unspecified per cent of their natural biomass potential; and (3) make a plan by 7/1/2027 for the expansion of live coral cover at not less than twenty-five per cent on reefs that have historically supported naturally occurring live coral cover.  Requires annual reports to the Legislature.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts21MIN
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts1MIN
Feb 13, 2026

Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

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