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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 359

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits a person that provides plants or that sells plants at retail

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

has been treated with an insecticide that contains warnings about pollinator hazards

on its label.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

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

7 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (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, Haywood, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Madison; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys and Spreitzer

  2. Jul 27, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Jul 28, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1