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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 930 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 814
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Carmine Lawrence Gentile
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful
pesticides.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/17/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/25/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/26/2023Ruth B. Balser12th Middlesex1/27/2023David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/27/2023Steven Owens29th Middlesex1/31/2023Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/31/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester1/31/2023James J. O'Day14th Worcester2/6/2023Thomas M. Stanley9th Middlesex2/6/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023John Barrett, III1st Berkshire2/8/2023Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk2/15/2023Margaret R. Scarsdale1st Middlesex2/15/2023Brian W. Murray10th Worcester2/17/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/18/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/22/2023 2 of 2
Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex2/28/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 930 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 814
By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 814) of
Carmine Lawrence Gentile and others relative to the powers of cities and town to regulate,
restrict or prohibit the use, application or disposal of certain pesticides. Environment and
Natural Resources.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 910 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act empowering towns and cities to protect residents and the environment from harmful
pesticides.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section 1 of chapter 132B of the General Laws, as
2appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence
3and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
4 This chapter shall determine the regulation of labeling, distribution, sale, storage,
5transportation, use and application, and disposal of pesticides in the commonwealth; provided,
6however, that this chapter shall establish the minimum standards and restrictions relative to the
7use and application and disposal of pesticides, and cities and towns may, by a majority vote of
8the legislative body and approval from the municipality's board of health, adopt ordinances and
9by-laws that regulate, restrict or prohibit the use and application or disposal of pesticides within 2 of 2
10the city or town that are more stringent than the standards and restrictions established by this
11chapter; provided further, that for purposes of this section, “use and application” and “disposal”
12of pesticides shall not include the transportation of pesticides.