2005 House Bill 4710 ↩

House Roll Call 196: Passed

To revise the law banning the possession or release of certain non-native fish species to include a the introduction of several specified invasive species, and clarify that a violation requires an affirmative act performed "knowingly and willfully." The banned species include African oxygen weed, Brazilian elodea, curly leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, European frogbit, flowering rush, giant hogweed, giant salvinia, hydrilla, Japanese knotweed, parrot's feather, purple loosestrife (except for approved sterile types), water chestnut, yellow flag iris, and yellow floating heart. Also, to expand the law banning the possession or release of certain non-native insect species to include emerald ash borer and Asian longhorned beetle.