H.626 (Act 145)
An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Sponsors:
Rep. Amy Sheldon
,
Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano
Last Recorded Action: 5/12/2022 - Signed by Governor on May 27, 2022
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2021-2022
House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- Samantha Alger, Research Affiliate, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Vermont
- Marie Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
- Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
- Abbie Corse, Self-Advocate, Corse Family Farm, Vermont Climate Council
- Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
- Brooke Decker, Pollinator Protector Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
- Max Feken, Environmental Toxicologist, Syngenta
- Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist, Audubon Vermont
- Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Morgan Griffith, Agrichemical Research and Policy Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
- Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
- Michelle Kopa, Director, State Government Relations and Public Policy - Eastern Region, Household and Commercial Products Association
- Kent McFarland, Senior Conservation Biologist, Vermont Center for Ecostudies
- Jeffrey Miller, President and Executive Director, Treated Wood Council
- Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
- Andrew Munkres, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Caydee Savinelli, Stewardship Team and Pollinator Lead, Syngenta
- Rep. Amy Sheldon, Sponsor, Chair
- Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
- Judy Wu-Smart, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Heather Surprenant, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Marie Audet, Blue Spruce Farm, Agri-Mark
- Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, Agri-Mark
- Jacob Bourdeau, President, Bourdeau Bros Inc and Feed Commodities Inc
- Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
- Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
- Max Feken, Syngenta
- Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Morgan Griffith, Agrichemical Research and Policy Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
- Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
- Andrew Munkres, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Caydee Savinelli, Syngenta
- John Uvenges, Seedway
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Robert Starr