Loading chat...
MA H108
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
James Arena-DeRosa
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Restricts distribution of neonicotinoid pesticides to certified commercial applicators, certified private applicators, or licensed applicators only, with an exception for neonicotinoid-treated nursery plants
-
Requires applicators to provide property owners with authorization forms, bee warning labels, environmental harm notices, and obtain signed acknowledgments before applying neonicotinoids on others' property
-
Exempts pet care products (flea/tick treatments), personal care products (lice/bedbug treatments), indoor pest control products, and products used for industrial/institutional/structural pest control from the new restrictions
-
Adds pollinator protection from adverse pesticide effects to pesticide application training requirements under Chapter 132B
-
Directs MassDOT to identify opportunities to replace non-native turf grasses around solar installations on department property with native flowering plants to attract pollinators
Legislative Description
To protect Massachusetts pollinators
Last Action
Accompanied H1041
2/5/2026