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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1376 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 962 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kenneth I. Gordon |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kenneth I. Gordon21st Middlesex1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1376 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 962 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 962) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Kenneth I. Gordon relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth. Environment and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Natural Resources. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the use of chlorpyrifos in the Commonwealth. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 132B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 6K the following section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Section 6L. (a) After December 31, 2026, no person, firm, partnership, association, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4limited liability company, or corporation shall distribute, sell, offer for sale or use chlorpyrifos or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5any products containing chlorpyrifos for use on agricultural land or crops within the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6Commonwealth of Massachusetts without (i) license issued by the State or any agency of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7federal government to conduct chlorpyrifos research; or (ii) a permit issued by the State to apply |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8chlorpyrifos because there is no viable alternative to the use. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (b) For the purposes of this section, chlorpyrifos shall mean a product containing the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10broad-spectrum chlorinated organophosphate pesticide also known as O, O-diethyl O-(3,5,6- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11trichloro-2-pyridyl) phosphorothioate. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (c) The department of food and agriculture is authorized to promulgate such rules and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13regulations as it shall deem necessary to implement the provisions in this section. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 SECTION 2. There shall be a task force to study the impact of using chlorpyrifos in non- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15agricultural settings in Massachusetts, hereinafter referred to as the task force. The task force |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16shall be co-chaired by the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on environment, natural |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17resources, and agriculture and shall include: the commissioner of the department of public |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18health, or a designee; the commissioner of the department of environmental protection, or a |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19designee; the commissioner of the department of conservation and recreation, or a designee; and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20representatives from each of the following organizations as appointed by the governor: the New |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21England Pest Management Association, Inc., the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Conservation |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22Law Foundation, and the Union of Concerned Scientists; 2 scientists appointed by the President |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23of the University of Massachusetts; 2 persons to be appointed by the Governor. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24 The task force shall study non-agricultural uses of chlorpyrifos including, but not limited |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25to, its use on golf courses, turf, greenhouses, and non-structural wood treatments, mosquito |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26abatement, and its use as a mosquito adulticide and in roach and ant bait stations in child- |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27resistant packaging. The task force shall consider the ecological and human health impacts of |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28such applications, investigate alternative methods of pest control for such uses, and make policy |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29recommendations based on the findings. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30 The task force shall submit its recommendations to the governor, the clerks of the house |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31of representatives and the senate, and the chairs of the joint committee on environment, natural |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32resources, and agriculture on or before December 31, 2026. |
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