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Senate concurs with House amendment to allow battery‑powered backpack sprayers with training requirements
Summary
Senate Bill 360 A was repassed after the Senate agreed to House amendments clarifying training and school exemptions for battery‑powered application equipment; some senators voiced environmental safety concerns.
The Oregon Senate voted to concur in House amendments and repass Senate Bill 360 A, a measure that updates language on pesticide application to allow battery‑powered backpack sprayers in the same category as hand‑pump sprayers, with added training provisions and explicit exemptions for schools.
Senator David Brock Smith (floor) summarized the bill as a narrow change to permit “the exact same sprayers that now just use a…
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