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IN HB1012
Bill
Status
1/9/2018
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Bauer
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AI Summary
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Requires the pesticide review board to adopt rules prohibiting use of neonicotinoids (insecticides with chemical structure similar to nicotine) in Indiana.
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Defines neonicotinoids to include acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, nithiazine, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam.
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Allows the board to determine when the prohibition takes full effect and implement it gradually in steps based on weighing harm to bees, harm to plants from pest insects, and availability of alternative insecticides.
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Authorizes the board to adopt emergency rules restricting when and where neonicotinoids can be used and requiring training for certified applicators during the transition period before full prohibition.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Neonicotinoid pesticides. Requires the pesticide review board (board) to adopt rules prohibiting the use of neonicotinoids (certain insecticides having a chemical structure similar to the chemical structure of nicotine). Allows the board, according to its best judgment in weighing certain factors, to determine the date on which the prohibition will take full effect and to implement the prohibition gradually. Authorizes the board, for purposes of the period before the prohibition against using neonicotinoids is fully in effect, to adopt emergency rules restricting when and where neonicotinoids can be used and imposing requirements for the training of certified applicators using neonicotinoids.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
1/9/2018