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VT H0484
Bill
Status
6/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
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AI Summary
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Renames Vermont's "Fertilizer, Lime, Plant Amendment, Plant Biostimulant, and Soil Amendment Law" to the "Fertilizer, Lime, and Beneficial Substances Law," consolidating plant amendments, biostimulants, soil amendments, and inoculants under a single "beneficial substance" category with updated registration and labeling requirements
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Adds $50 annual fee per pesticide product registration to fund collection and disposal of obsolete pesticides through municipal hazardous waste programs, with a study due December 15, 2025 on sustainable funding options including extended producer responsibility
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Exempts the Rutland County Agricultural Society from stormwater impact fees and offset requirements under three-acre stormwater permits, provided the Society registers with the Agency of Agriculture
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Validates the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation's "Heavy Cut" rule that was inadvertently repealed in 2018, making all heavy cut authorizations from July 1, 2018 through July 1, 2025 valid and enforceable
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Extends deadlines for household hazardous waste stewardship organization registration (to July 1, 2026), expands the Paint Product Stewardship Program to cover aerosol coatings, coating-related products, and nonindustrial coatings, and delays baseload renewable power portfolio requirements by one year (to November 1, 2028)
Legislative Description
An act relating to miscellaneous agricultural subjects
Last Action
House message: Governor approved bill on June 11, 2025
6/13/2025