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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 358

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Relating to: local regulation of pesticides to protect pollinators.

Bees Ordinance Organization miscellaneous Pests

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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 allows a political subdivision to regulate pesticides for the purpose of

protecting pollinators and pollinator habitats.

Current law prohibits a political subdivision (a city, village, town, or county)

from prohibiting the use of or otherwise regulating pesticides, but provides

numerous exemptions. For example, a political subdivision may enact an ordinance

that regulates pesticides pursuant to a storm water management program or that

relates to the storage, treatment, or disposal of solid waste that contains pesticides.

The bill adds an additional exemption that allows a political subdivision to regulate

pesticides in order to protect pollinators and pollinator habitats. “Pollinator” is

defined in the bill as an insect that pollinates flowers.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

6 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Considine, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Madison; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson and Roys

  2. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1