Hearing
House Agriculture and Forestry Hearing
Room 429 at 16:00:00
HB212 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB212 Alabama 2025 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
2025 Regular Session
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Mike Kirkland RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- State waters; persons commercially cutting aquatic plants required to remove cut plants, criminal penalties established
- Description
This bill would require persons engaging in the business of cutting or uprooting aquatic plants in public waters to employ certain methods to ensure cut and uprooted plant matter is removed from these waters.
This bill would also provide criminal penalties for violating this requirement.
- Subjects
- Conservation & Natural Resources; Waters & Boating
Bill Actions
H
Currently Indefinitely Postponed
H
SB64 Substituted for HB212 a Companion Bill
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 312 QZTM414-1
H
Agriculture and Forestry Engrossed Substitute Offered QZTM414-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin from House Agriculture and Forestry QZTM414-1
H
Agriculture and Forestry 1st Amendment JDXKYYF-1
H
Pending House Agriculture and Forestry
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Calendar
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 312 QZTM414-1
Yes
101
Absent
3
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
98
Absent
6
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
98
Absent
6
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB212 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Agriculture and Forestry Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
Amendment
House Agriculture and Forestry Agriculture and Forestry 1st Amendment
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Source: Alabama Legislature