The Minnesota Structural Pest Management Industry is currently faced with HF 1255. HF 1255 is proposed legislative language that would adversely impact our industry. The Minnesota Pest Management Association and the National Pest Management Association are actively working to defeat HF 1255.
If this language were to pass MPMA estimates that over six hundred Minnesota cities would be able to adopt pesticide use regulations.
A dizzying array of other legislation is in front of both the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate; all are targeted at rolling back State preemption of pesticide regulation -- thus granting every city in Minnesota the right to enact and enforce their own regulations on pesticide licensing, training, recertification, and pesticide applications.
On April 14, 2023, a group from MPMA met with Sen. Aric Putnam, the Chairman of the Senate Ag committee. Sen. Putnam assured us that this bill will not pass his committee's approval and thus is a non-issue for 2023. However, there is a possibility that some Senator could sneak the preemption rollback legislation into another ag bill as a rider on another omnibus bill. Thus, we must remain vigilant and stay in touoch with our legislative contacts.
View the proposed HF 1255 language and a document that details our industry's concerns.
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In regards to H.F. No. 1733 that has recently been proposed from the House of Representatives’ Agriculture and Food Finance and Policy Division committee. This proposed bill (lines 1.16 – 2.7) seeks to make changes to Minnesota Statute 18B.02. These changes would provide the ability for the State to delegate enforcement and licensing of pesticide applications to first-class cities.
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