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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 455

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. 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: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

17 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Jul 21, 2021 · Senate

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

  2. Jul 21, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Aug 2, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1