Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

HOUSE BILL NO. 4858
     June 27, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Rheingans, Steckloff, Byrnes, Miller, Hood, Hope, Price,
        Weiss, Dievendorf, Breen and Farhat and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
          A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled
    "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"
    (MCL 324.101 to 324.90106) by adding section 8307g.
                     THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
       Sec. 8307g. (1) Beginning 1 year after the effective date of
 the amendatory act that added this section, a person shall not use
 a neonicotinoid pesticide on public land. This subsection does not
 apply if both of the following occur:
       (a) A valid environmental emergency exists.
       (b) Any other pesticide that is not a neonicotinoid pesticide
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 would be less effective in addressing the environmental emergency.
       (2) Within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory
 act that added this section, the department shall report to the
 legislature on the latest published and peer-reviewed evidence on
 whether the outdoor application of neonicotinoid pesticides is safe
 for monarch butterflies, other pollinators, beneficial insects, the
 environment, and public health.
       (3) The governing body of a local unit of government may enact
 an ordinance that regulates the use of neonicotinoid pesticides and
 imposes stricter requirements than the prohibition described under
 subsection (1).
       (4) As used in this section:
       (a) "Neonicotinoid pesticide" means a class of pesticides that
 affects the central nervous system of an insect and includes any of
 the following active ingredients:
       (i) Acetamiprid.
       (ii) Clothianidin.
       (iii) Dinotefuran.
       (iv) Imidacloprid.
       (v) Thiacloprid.
       (vi) Thiamethoxam.
       (b) "Valid environmental emergency" means a sudden onset
 disaster or accident that results from natural, technological, or
 human-induced factors, or a combination of factors, and causes or
 threatens to cause severe environmental damage and loss of human
 lives and property.
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Statutes affected: 
House Introduced Bill: 324.101, 324.90106