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Senate advances bill to curb neonicotinoid pesticides, ties some dates to New York law
Summary
The Vermont Senate approved an Agriculture Committee strike‑all amendment to H706 banning many uses of neonicotinoid pesticides and treated seeds; some effective dates and exemptions are tied to New York's implementation timeline and include an exemption process modeled after New York's rules.
The Vermont Senate took up H706, a bill to prohibit the sale and many outdoor uses of neonicotinoid pesticides, adopting the Agriculture Committee's strike‑all amendment and ordering the measure for third reading.
Senate Agriculture Committee reporter summarized the bill's scope: the proposal would prohibit sale and use of neonic‑treated article seeds for soybeans and cereal grain crops and ban many outdoor applications of neonics during bloom beginning July 1, 2025, while establishing an…
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