H.539 (Act 83)
An act relating to establishment of a Pollinator Protection Committee
Sponsors:
Rep. David Deen
Last Recorded Action: 5/4/2016 - Signed by Governor on 5/4/16
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2015 - 2016 Legislative Session
House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products
- Samantha Alger, Graduate Research Fellow, Biology Department, UVM
- Sid Bosworth, Extension Professor of Agronomy, UVM Extension
- Terry Bradshaw, Tree Fruit & Viticulture Specialist at UVM; director of the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center
- Louise Calderwood, Project Manager, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
- Jane Clifford, Executive Director, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
- Warren Coleman, Lobbyist, Vermont Golf Course Superintendents Association
- Rep. David L. Deen, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources
- Tiffany Finck-Haynes, Food Futures Campaigner, Food and Technology Program, Friends of the Earth U.S.
- Maryann Frazier, Senior Extension Associate, Penn State Center of Pollinator Research
- Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Andrew Hackman, Serlin Haley LLP, On behalf of TruGreen Lawn Services
- Paul Harlow, Harlow Farm
- John Hayden, Lecturer in the Ecological Agriculture Program, UVM
- Jim Howe, Beekeeper
- Dan Hudson, Agronomist, UVM Extension
- Peter Jenkins, Attorney, Center for Food Safety
- Iain Kelly, Director, Regulatory Policy and Issue Management, Bayer Research Fellow
- Ken Lallier, Property Manager of Quechee Club, Trustee on Vt.GCSA Board of Directors
- Chuck Leitgeb, Senior Regional Manager, State Government Relations, Bayer Corporation
- Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Charles Mraz, Beekeeper
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Pat Vittum, UMass Professor of Turf Entomology, Associate Director of Center for Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Sarah Vose, State Toxicologist, Department of Health
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Rep. David L. Deen, House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources
- Lyn Desmarais, Legislative Director, Vermont Farm Bureau
- Cary Giguere, Pesticide Program Section Chief, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Jim Leland, Director, Ag Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor