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Senate Bill 9 moves from committee amid effort to craft compromise on neonicotinoids and rodenticides
Summary
Senate Bill 9, a package covering climate resiliency and restrictions on neonicotinoids and second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides, was advanced to the floor after the chair said negotiators were close to consensus on several high-profile provisions but still vetting insurance and seed-use language.
Senate Bill 9, described by committee leaders as continuation of prior-year resiliency work, was moved out of the Environment Committee on Friday, March 14 after extended discussion about pesticide and rodenticide provisions and how the bill links to municipal resiliency planning.
Senator Lopes, the bill’s lead on the committee, briefed members that the measure combines climate-resiliency tools for municipalities with pesticide and rodenticide policy. He said negotiators have worked toward a compromise on neonicotinoid restrictions after…
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