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IntroducedJan 09, 2024
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Passed HouseMar 22, 2024
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Passed SenateApr 26, 2024
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Signed into Law
An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 17, 2024: Delivered to Secretary of State on June 25, 2024
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on H 706
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Daisy Berbecocosponsor
- Seth Bongartzcosponsor
- Tesha Busscosponsor
- R. Scott Campbellcosponsor
- Melanie Carpentercosponsor
- Kevin Christiecosponsor
- Brian Cinacosponsor
- Esme Colecosponsor
- Mari Cordescosponsor
- Katherine "Kari" Dolancosponsor
- Troy Headrickcosponsor
- Josie Leavittcosponsor
- Kate Logancosponsor
- James Maslandcosponsor
- Jubilee McGillcosponsor
- Kristi Morriscosponsor
- Michael Mrowickicosponsor
- Kate Nugentcosponsor
- John O'Briencosponsor
- Carol Odecosponsor
- Woodman Pagecosponsor
- Avram Pattcosponsor
- Mike Ricecosponsor
- Lawrence Satcowitzcosponsor
- Robin Scheucosponsor
- Amy Sheldoncosponsor
- Trevor Squirrellcosponsor
- Gabrielle Stebbinscosponsor
- Heather Surprenantcosponsor
- David Templemancosponsor
- Dara Torrecosponsor
- Joseph "Chip" Troianocosponsor
- Kirk Whitecosponsor
- Jonathan Williamscosponsor
- Less…cosponsor
Votes
YES: 112
- Andrews
- Andriano
- Anthony
- Arrison
- Arsenault
- Austin
- Bartholomew
- Berbeco
- Black
- Bluemle
- Bongartz
- Bos-Lun
- Brady
- Brown
- Brownell
- Brumsted
- Burditt
- Burke
- Burrows
- Buss
- Campbell
- Carpenter
- Carroll
- Casey
- Chapin
- Chase
- Chesnut-Tangerman
- Christie
- Cina
- Coffey
- Cole
- Conlon
- Corcoran
- Cordes
- Demrow
- Dodge
- Dolan
- Donahue
- Durfee
- Elder
- Emmons
- Farlice-Rubio
- Galfetti
- Garofano
- Goldman
- Goslant
- Graning
- Headrick
- Holcombe
- Hooper
- Houghton
- Howard
- James
- Jerome
- Kornheiser
- Krasnow
- LaBounty
- Lalley
- LaLonde
- LaMont
- Lanpher
- Leavitt
- Lipsky
- Logan
- Long
- Marcotte
- Masland
- McCann
- McCarthy
- McFaun
- McGill
- Mihaly
- Minier
- Morris
- Mrowicki
- Nicoll
- Notte
- Noyes
- Nugent
- O'Brien
- Page
- Pajala
- Parsons
- Patt
- Pouech
- Priestley
- Quimby
- Rachelson
- Rice
- Roberts
- Sammis
- Satcowitz
- Scheu
- Sheldon
- Small
- Squirrell
- Stebbins
- Stevens
- Stone
- Surprenant
- Taylor
- Templeman
- Toleno
- Torre
- Waters Evans
- White
- Whitman
- Williams
- Wood
NO: 29
NOT VOTING: 1
YES: 114
- Andrews
- Andriano
- Anthony
- Arrison
- Arsenault
- Austin
- Berbeco
- Birong
- Black
- Bluemle
- Bongartz
- Bos-Lun
- Brady
- Brown
- Brumsted
- Burke
- Burrows
- Buss
- Campbell
- Carpenter
- Carroll
- Casey
- Chapin
- Chase
- Chesnut-Tangerman
- Christie
- Cina
- Coffey
- Cole
- Conlon
- Corcoran
- Cordes
- Demar
- Demrow
- Dodge
- Dolan
- Donahue
- Duke
- Durfee
- Elder
- Emmons
- Farlice-Rubio
- Galfetti
- Garofano
- Goldman
- Goslant
- Graning
- Harrison
- Headrick
- Holcombe
- Hooper
- Houghton
- Howard
- Hyman
- James
- Jerome
- Kornheiser
- Krasnow
- Krowinski
- LaBounty
- Lalley
- LaLonde
- LaMont
- Lanpher
- Leavitt
- Lipsky
- Logan
- Long
- Marcotte
- Masland
- McCann
- McCarthy
- McFaun
- McGill
- Mihaly
- Minier
- Morris
- Morrissey
- Mrowicki
- Nicoll
- Notte
- Nugent
- O'Brien
- Ode
- Page
- Pajala
- Parsons
- Patt
- Pouech
- Priestley
- Rachelson
- Rice
- Roberts
- Sammis
- Satcowitz
- Scheu
- Sheldon
- Small
- Squirrell
- Stebbins
- Stevens
- Surprenant
- Taylor
- Templeman
- Toleno
- Torre
- Troiano
- Waters Evans
- White
- Whitman
- Williams
- Wood
NO: 31
ABSENT: 5
Actions
- Jun 17, 2024 | House
- Senate Message: Governor's veto overridden
- Delivered to Secretary of State on June 25, 2024
- Jun 17, 2024 | Senate
- House message: Bill passed, the veto of the Governor notwithstanding
- Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Veto of Governor overridden on a roll call Yeas = 20, Nays = 9
- Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Baruth
- Jun 17, 2024 | House
- Notice Calendar: Governor’s Veto
- Rules suspended and taken up for immediate consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 97 of 145 to Pass -- Yeas = 114, Nays = 31
- Veto of the Governor overridden by a vote of Yeas = 114, Nays = 31
- Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- May 10, 2024 | Senate
- House message: Governor vetoed bill on May 20, 2024
- May 10, 2024 | House
- Delivered to the Governor on May 14, 2024
- Vetoed by the Governor on May 20, 2024
- May 03, 2024 | Senate
- House message: House concurred in Senate proposal of amendment
- May 02, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Senate proposal of ammendment - committee vote
- Action Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Senate proposal of amendment concurred in
- May 01, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee Discussion
- Notice Calendar: Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Apr 30, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee Discussion Vote on Senate Proposal of Amendment
- Senate Message: Passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment
- Apr 26, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture - consideration of amendment from Sen. Lyons
- New Business/Third Reading
- Proposal of amendment to be offered by Senator(s) Lyons
- Pending third reading, Senator Lyons, Clarkson, Gulick, Hashim, McCormack, Vyhovsky, Watson, and White proposal of amendment, agreed to
- Division of the Senate Yeas-15, Nays-12
- Read 3rd time & passed in concurrence with proposal of amendment on roll call, requested by Senator Campion, Passed -- Needed 14 of 27 to Pass -- Yeas = 25, Nays = 2
- Apr 25, 2024 | Senate
- New Business/Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- Read 2nd time, reported favorably with proposal of amendment by Senator Collamore for Committee on Agriculture
- Reported favorably by Senator Westman for Committee on Appropriations
- Proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture agreed to
- 3rd reading ordered
- Apr 24, 2024 | Senate
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- Apr 23, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations - Introduction and Vote
- Apr 19, 2024 | Senate
- Entered on Notice Calendar
- Second Reading
- Favorable report with proposal of amendment by Committee on Agriculture
- Rule 31 suspended and bill not referred to Committee on Finance on motion of Senator Baruth
- Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- Apr 18, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 17, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 16, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 12, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 11, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 10, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture - Dairy Farmers from Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition, Vermont Dairy Producers Association, and Vermont Farm Bureau
- Apr 09, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Apr 04, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Mar 29, 2024 | Senate
- Senate Committee on Agriculture - Initial walk-through of bill
- Mar 27, 2024 | Senate
- Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Mar 22, 2024 | House
- Action Calendar: Third Reading
- Read third time and passed
- Mar 21, 2024 | House
- Action Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Read second time
- Rep. Rice of Dorset reported for the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Rep. Taylor of Colchester recommended for the Committee on Ways and Means
- Rep. Toleno of Brattleboro recommended for the Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Higley of Lowell demanded yeas and nays
- Roll Call Results Passed -- Needed 71 of 141 to Pass -- Yeas = 112, Nays = 29
- Report of Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry agreed to
- Third Reading ordered
- Mar 20, 2024 | House
- Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Mar 18, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Committee discussion and vote
- Mar 15, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Appropriations - Walk through
- Mar 14, 2024 | House
- Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- Mar 13, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Ways and Means - potential vote
- Mar 12, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Ways and Means - potential vote
- Feb 29, 2024 | House
- Notice Calendar: Favorable with Amendment
- Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- Feb 28, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee discussion; Committee vote
- Feb 27, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee Discussion; Committee discussion
- Feb 23, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee discussion and mark-up
- Feb 22, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee discussion
- Feb 21, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Committee discussion; Follow-up
- Feb 16, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 14, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 13, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 09, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 08, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Feb 06, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 02, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Feb 01, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Jan 31, 2024 | House
- House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry - Introduction; Walk-Through
- Jan 09, 2024 | House
- Read first time and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
Bill Texts
Documents
- Act SummaryPDF
- Committee Documents: House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and ForestryPDF
- Committee Documents: House Committee on AppropriationsPDF
- Committee Documents: House Committee on Ways and MeansPDF
- Committee Documents: Senate Committee on AgriculturePDF
- Committee Documents: Senate Committee on AppropriationsPDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 (Act 182) – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, As enactedPDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, As passed by the General AssemblyPDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, Senate Proposal of AmendmentPDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, As recommended by the Senate Committee on AgriculturePDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, As passed by the House of RepresentativesPDF
- Fiscal Note: H.706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides – Updated Estimates, As recommended by the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, Draft 3.3PDF
- Fiscal Note: .706 – An act relating to banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, As recommended by the House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry, Draft 3.3PDF