Joint Hearing Senate Environmental Quality Committee and Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee

Joint Hearing of the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and the Senate Environmental Quality Committee · August 11, 2026

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Opening and hearing purpose

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Assemblymember Connolly opened the joint hearing to review California's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and asked whether the state's pesticide program is meeting its purpose; he framed the hearing around public protection and noted large statewide pesticide use ("176,000,000 pounds" cited for 2023).

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A joint legislative oversight hearing examined California's pesticide regulatory program, focusing on human health impacts, DPR reforms under AB 2,113 and the Sustainable Pest Management roadmap, community concerns about exposures, and the need for better monitoring, funding, and county-state coordination.

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