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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 473

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Relating to: labeling plants as beneficial to pollinators. (FE)

Bees Pests Plants Sales

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a person who sells plants at retail or provides plants from

labeling or advertising the plant as being beneficial to pollinators if the plant has

been treated with and contains a certain concentration of insecticides that contain

warnings about pollinator hazards on their labels.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Hebl (D) , Hong (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

8 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Shankland (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Full history

  1. Jul 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Considine, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Behnke, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Hebl, Hong, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Smith, Carpenter, Larson, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch

  2. Jul 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Aug 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1