SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1144        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 487

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul R. Feeney

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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 relative to pesticides.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/26/2023

Sean Garballey

23rd Middlesex

1/26/2023

Vanna Howard

17th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2023

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

2/2/2023

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/2/2023

Steven George Xiarhos

5th Barnstable

2/6/2023

Patrick M. O'Connor

First Plymouth and Norfolk

2/16/2023

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

2/16/2023

Steven S. Howitt

4th Bristol

2/16/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/20/2023

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

2/22/2023

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

2/24/2023

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

2/27/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

3/1/2023

Marcus S. Vaughn

9th Norfolk

3/1/2023

Cindy F. Friedman

Fourth Middlesex

3/1/2023

Steven Owens

29th Middlesex

3/2/2023

James C. Arena-DeRosa

8th Middlesex

3/2/2023

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Plymouth and Bristol

3/2/2023

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

3/2/2023

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

3/3/2023

Michael D. Brady

Second Plymouth and Norfolk

3/3/2023

John J. Cronin

Worcester and Middlesex

3/3/2023

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

3/13/2023

Paul W. Mark

Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire

3/13/2023

John C. Velis

Hampden and Hampshire

4/12/2023

Manny Cruz

7th Essex

4/25/2023

John F. Keenan

Norfolk and Plymouth

5/1/2023

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

6/12/2023

Joan B. Lovely

Second Essex

6/12/2023


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1144        FILED ON: 1/18/2023

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 487

By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 487) of Paul R. Feeney, Jack Patrick Lewis, Sean Garballey, Vanna Howard and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to pesticides.  Environment and Natural Resources.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3991 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 relative to 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. Section 6E of chapter 132B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words “On or before November 1, 2001, each” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- Each.

SECTION 2. Said section 6E of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “center”, in lines 2, 7 and 8, 9 and 18, the following words:- , public institution of higher education, as established in section 5 of chapter 15A,.

SECTION 3. Section 6G of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “center”, in line 2, the following words:- , public institution of higher education, as established in section 5 of chapter 15A,.

SECTION 4. Said section 6G of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding the forgoing, a school, child care center, public institution of higher education or school age child care program shall make reasonable efforts to use pesticide products that: (i) are classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an exempt material pursuant to 40 C.F.R. 152.25, as amended; or (ii) include no active ingredients other than those published in the National List at 7 C.F.R 205.601, as amended; provided, however, that a school, child care center, public institution of higher education or school age child care program may be granted a hardship waiver, at the discretion of the department, for use of a pesticide that does not meet such qualifications.

SECTION 5. Section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word “a” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- an electronic.

SECTION 6. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “the”, in line 5, the second time it appears, the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 7. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “the”, in lines 6, 19, 37 and 46 the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 8. Subsection (a) of said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Said department may use the ePlace Portal system established by the executive office of energy and environmental affairs to implement the requirements of this section.

SECTION 9. Said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word “cost-effective”, in line 39, the following word:- electronic.

SECTION 10. Subsection (c) of said section 7A of said chapter 132B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Annually, the department shall make available data on pesticide use in the commonwealth.

SECTION 11. Sections 3 to 10, inclusive, shall take effect 6 months after the effective date of this act.