H.861 (Act 99)

An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Sponsors:

Last Recorded Action: 5/6/2016 - Signed by Governor on May 10, 2016

Committee Activity - Meeting Full List

2015 - 2016 Legislative Session

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

11:15 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Robb Kidd, Organizing Representative, VT Sierra Club Conservation Program
Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Rural Vermont

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H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

10:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Charles Mraz, Beekeeper
Leif Richardson, Post Doctoral Fellow, Gund Institute, UVM
Art Whitman, President, Northeast Ag and Feed Alliance
Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau

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H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

10:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Hearing will be in the Ethan Allen Room

Art Whitman, Chair, Government Relations Committee, Northeast Ag and Feed Alliance
Louise Calderwood, Project Manager, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Seed Treatment Enterprise, DuPont Pioneer
Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Friday, March 18, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

10:10 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, CropLife America
Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Rural Vermont
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

9:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Committee meets in Senate Institution Committee Room, Room 7

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Rural Vermont
Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Robb Kidd, Organizing Representative, VT Sierra Club Conservation Program
Art Whitman, President, Northeast Ag and Feed Alliance
Louise Calderwood, Project Manager, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
Jeff Miller, Treated Wood Council

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

9:30 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, CropLife America
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, House Committee on Agriculture
Steve McLeod, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition
Bill Smith, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail Lumber Dealers Association

Friday, March 25, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

10:30 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
Rep. Rodney Graham, < None >
Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Power
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Rural Vermont

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

15 minutes after Floor

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
John Hollar, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Power
Warren Coleman, Lobbyist, Verizon
Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

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H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Update

Rep. Teo Zagar

Thursday, March 31, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

10:55 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
Joseph Tisbert, President, Vermont Farm Bureau

Friday, April 1, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

9:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Hearing will be in the Ethan Allen room.

John Hayden, Lecturer in the Ecological Agriculture Program, The Farm Between
Maddie Monty, Policy Advisor, NOFA-Vermont
Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, CropLife America
Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
Judy Bellairs, Member, VT Sierra Club Forest and Wildlife Committee
Andrew Bahrenburg, Organizer, Advocate, Rural Vermont
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor
Cameron Wood, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

9:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

The committee will meet in the Ethan Allen Room.

Cameron Wood, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, America's Health Insurance Plans
Bill Smith, Lobbyist, Vermont Retail Lumber Association
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

15 minutes after Floor

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Warren Coleman, General Counsel, MMRVT

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Committee(s):

Senate Committee on Agriculture

11:15 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Committee discussion and possible vote

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

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H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Warren Coleman, General Counsel, MMRVT
Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

9:00 AM

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

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H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides

Committee Discussion

Friday, April 22, 2016

Committee(s):

House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products

During Floor break

H.861 - An act relating to regulation of treated article pesticides