Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session
Relating to: ban on the use of certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources. (FE)
Bees Natural resources department of — Environmental protection Pests Public land
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits, with limited exceptions, the Department of Natural
Resources from using any insecticide from the neonicotinoid class within a one-mile
radius of any pollinator habitat located on land maintained by DNR. Under the bill,
this prohibition does not apply to uses of this insecticide that are 1) pursuant to
existing cooperative farming agreements or contracts or 2) for forest insect control
on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or seed orchards or in designated zones of
infestation.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hong (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Vining (D)
Full history
- Jul 26, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Considine, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Behnke, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Smith, Carpenter, Larson, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch
- Jul 26, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Aug 10, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1