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MA H108

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

James Arena-DeRosa

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

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

Committee Referrals

Environment and Natural Resources8/7/2025
Agriculture2/27/2025

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