Researcher: JKL Page 1 3/19/25
OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5013
AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS
LIST.
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits municipalities from adopting ordinances on the
retail sale or purchase of invasive plants. It also adds, over a series of
years, 10 plants to the list of invasive or potentially invasive plants that
are generally banned in the state. By law, a violator is subject to a fine of
up to $100 per plant.
Specifically, the bill prohibits anyone, regardless of any municipal
ordinance, from importing; moving (except for eradication, research, or
educational purposes); selling; purchasing; transplanting; cultivating
(except for research purposes); or distributing the following plants or
their reproductive portions (e.g., seeds, flowers, roots, tubers):
1. beginning on the bill’s passage, the star of Bethlehem;
2. beginning October 1, 2028, the Glossy buckthorn, European
buckthorn, reed canary grass, winged euonymus, European
privet, black locust, miscanthus, and Japanese barberry; and
3. beginning October 1, 2030, the Norway maple.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
COMMITTEE ACTION
Environment Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 35 Nay 0 (02/28/2025)