CT HB05225

Effective October 1, 2024, prohibits importing, moving, selling, purchasing, transplanting, cultivating, or distributing 61 invasive plant species including curly-leaved pondweed, common barberry, multiflora rose, garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed, and tree of heaven.

Effective October 1, 2005, adds 19 additional invasive plant species to the ban including purple loosestrife, Japanese honeysuckle, and yellow iris.

Effective October 1, 2024, bans six additional invasive plants including porcelainberry, mugwort, and Japanese wisteria; effective October 1, 2027, adds callery pear to the ban list.

Prohibits moving, importing, selling, purchasing, transplanting, cultivating, or distributing any reproductive portions (seeds, flowers, roots, tubers) of listed invasive plants, with exceptions for eradication, research, and educational purposes.

Establishes a fine of up to $100 per plant for violations and requires the Invasive Plants Council to report by March 1, 2025, on sterile cultivars of Japanese barberry and burning bush that may be sold in the state.