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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 360
July 27, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SNODGRASS, CONSIDINE, C.
ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BEHNKE, CABRERA, CONLEY,
EMERSON, HAYWOOD, HONG, JACOBSON, JOERS, MOORE OMOKUNDE, OHNSTAD,
ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, STUBBS,
SUBECK, VINING and MADISON, cosponsored by Senators PFAFF, AGARD,
CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, LARSON, ROYS and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee
on Agriculture.
1 AN ACT to create 29.601 (4m) of the statutes; relating to: ban on the use of
2 certain insecticides by the Department of Natural Resources.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits, with limited exceptions, the Department of Natural
Resources from using any insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land
maintained by DNR. Under the bill, this prohibition does not apply to uses of this
insecticide that are 1) pursuant to existing cooperative farming agreements or
contracts or 2) for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or
seed orchards or in designated zones of infestation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 29.601 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
4 29.601 (4m) USE OF INSECTICIDES. (a) The department may not use any
5 insecticide from the neonicotinoid class on land that is acquired and maintained by
6 the department as provided under s. 23.09 (2) (d).
7 (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class
8 that are used pursuant to a cooperative farming agreement or contract that the
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1 department entered into prior to the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts
2 date].
3 (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to insecticides from the neonicotinoid class
4 that are used for forest insect control on forested lands, state forest nurseries, or seed
5 orchards or in designated zones of infestation as provided under s. 26.30 (7) (a).
6 (END)