Senate Agriculture - 2026-04-23 - 9:00AM

Senate Agriculture Committee · April 23, 2026

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Opening, agenda and schedule

Announcement

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Chair opened the April 23 session, said committee is finishing agriculture business this week and listed H.739 (paraquat) among the bills under active consideration; noted intent to finish soon and invited expert testimony on paraquat.

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The Senate Agriculture Committee heard testimony on H.739, a bill to prohibit the use and sale of the herbicide paraquat with narrow exemptions for certain tree and berry production, and reviewed a proposed equine amendment to expand current-use protections to equine businesses, requesting a fiscal note.

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