HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 930        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 814

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/17/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/25/2023

Samantha Montaño

15th Suffolk

1/26/2023

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

1/27/2023

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

1/27/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

1/31/2023

James J. O'Day

14th Worcester

2/6/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/6/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/7/2023

John Barrett, III

1st Berkshire

2/8/2023

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

2/15/2023

Margaret R. Scarsdale

1st Middlesex

2/15/2023

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/17/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/18/2023

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

2/22/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

2/28/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/19/2023

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

3/20/2023

Michelle L. Ciccolo

15th Middlesex

4/10/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

5/2/2023

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

5/3/2023

John J. Cronin

Worcester and Middlesex

5/11/2023

Patricia A. Duffy

5th Hampden

5/17/2023

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

8/30/2023

Simon Cataldo

14th Middlesex

10/30/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 930        FILED ON: 1/17/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 814

By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 814) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to the powers of cities and town to regulate, restrict or prohibit the use, application or disposal of certain pesticides.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 910 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful pesticides.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section 1 of chapter 132B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-

This chapter shall determine the regulation of labeling, distribution, sale, storage, transportation, use and application, and disposal of pesticides in the commonwealth; provided, however, that this chapter shall establish the minimum standards and restrictions relative to the use and application and disposal of pesticides, and cities and towns may, by a majority vote of the legislative body and approval from the municipality's board of health, adopt ordinances and by-laws that regulate, restrict or prohibit the use and application or disposal of pesticides within the city or town that are more stringent than the standards and restrictions established by this chapter; provided further, that for purposes of this section, “use and application” and “disposal” of pesticides shall not include the transportation of pesticides.