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WV SB943
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/31/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Stuart
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AI Summary
- Renames the existing statute to "The West Virginia Apiary Act" and adds legislative findings on pollinator protection
- Declares that honeybees and other pollinators have been in drastic decline statewide and nationwide for several decades
- Establishes that protecting pollinators is critical to maintaining West Virginia's economy and agricultural practices
- Classifies beekeeping and apiaries as agricultural operations under §19-19-2(a), placing them under regulation by the Commissioner of Agriculture
- Recognizes private honeybee keeping as essential to food security and supporting the state's agricultural operations that depend on pollinators
Legislative Description
Clarifying apiaries are protected agricultural operations
Agriculture
Last Action
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading
4/1/2025
Full Bill Text
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