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
(2026-03-05: One Day Notice 03-06-26.)
Introduced
First Committee Review
First Chamber
Second Committee Review
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
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