2021-2022 Session
Change SessionH.626 (Act 145)
An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
- Sponsor(s)
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- Rep. Amy Sheldon
- Additional Sponsors
- Rep. Joseph "Chip" Troiano
- Last Recorded Action
- House 5/12/2022 - Signed by Governor on May 27, 2022
Bill/Resolution Text
- Other Text
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An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2021-2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 3:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Introduction
Rep. Amy Sheldon, Sponsor, Chair
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Walk-through of bill
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- 2:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 3:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Caydee Savinelli, Stewardship Team and Pollinator Lead, Syngenta
Max Feken, Environmental Toxicologist, Syngenta
Michelle Kopa, Director, State Government Relations and Public Policy - Eastern Region, Household and Commercial Products Association
Jeffrey Miller, President and Executive Director, Treated Wood Council
Thursday, February 3, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 11:15 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Kent McFarland, Senior Conservation Biologist, Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Margaret Fowle, Conservation Biologist, Audubon Vermont
Judy Wu-Smart, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska
- 15 minutes after Floor adjourns
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
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
Brooke Decker, Pollinator Protector Specialist, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Samantha Alger, Research Affiliate, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Vermont
Andrew Munkres, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Thursday, February 17, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Marie Audet, Owner, Blue Spruce Farm
Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
Abbie Corse, Self-Advocate, Corse Family Farm, Vermont Climate Council
Graham Unangst-Rufehacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 1:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Thursday, February 24, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 1:30 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 1:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Jared Carpenter, Water Protection Advocate, Lake Champlain Committee
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 15 minutes after floor adjourns
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Thursday, March 10, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:45 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 2:00 PM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Rep. Heather Surprenant, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:40 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, March 31, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Jacob Bourdeau, President, Bourdeau Bros Inc and Feed Commodities Inc
Clara Ayer, Fairmont Farms, Agri-Mark
John Uvenges, Seedway
Caydee Savinelli, Syngenta
Max Feken, Syngenta
Marie Audet, Blue Spruce Farm, Agri-Mark
Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance
Charles Mraz, Owner, Champlain Valley Apiaries
Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA VT
Friday, April 1, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension
Andrew Munkres, President, Vermont Beekeepers Association
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:30 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Tom Eaton, Agricultural Consulting Services
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 10:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:45 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
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
Friday, April 29, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Committee discussion
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, May 5, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Committee discussion and vote
Thursday, May 5, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Sen. Robert Starr
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
- 9:00 AM
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H.626 - An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Cary Giguere, Policy Director, Public Health and Agricultural Resource Management, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Brynn Hare, Executive Director, Cannabis Control Board
Committee Documents
An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
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
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No fiscal documents found for H.626 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
No committee of conference members found for H.626 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2021-2022
No committee of conference meeting history found for H.626 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
No committee of conference report found for H.626 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
Act
- Signed into law 5/27/2022
- As Enacted (ACT 145)
- Act Summary
An act relating to the sale, use, or application of neonicotinoid pesticides
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2021-2022
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| 6 V.S.A. § 1101. Definitions |
| 6 V.S.A. § 1105a. Treated articles; powers of Secretary; best management practices |
| 6 V.S.A. § 3036. Monitoring of pollinator health |
