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House approves amended agriculture package, sends bill back to Senate
Summary
The Vermont House concurred in the Senate's proposal of amendment to House Bill 484 with further amendments, approving changes to pesticide fees, paint extended-producer-responsibility, stormwater rules for the Rutland County Fair and setting revised effective dates; the House suspended its rules and messaged the action to the Senate.
The Vermont House on the floor concurred in the Senate's proposal of amendment to House Bill 484, a broad miscellaneous agriculture bill, adopting a further House amendment and sending the measure immediately to the Senate.
The bill packages a number of agriculture- and environment-related provisions. Key changes approved by the House include a $50 increase in the annual product fee that pesticide sellers pay (raising the fee from $200 to $250 per product), a directive for the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets to study options for reimbursing solid waste management entities with a report due by Dec. 15, 2025, and an expansion of the state's paint…
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