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Prohibiting the offer for sale, sale, purchase, use, or application of the chemical compound dicamba, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Topics:AgricultureEnvironment & natural resourcesPFAS & chemicals
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would ban the sale and use of the weed-killing chemical dicamba on many types of land. State agencies will work together to find leftover supplies and figure out how to get rid of them safely. People who break these new rules could face fines or jail time.1
Read the official explanation
GENERAL.33) which are utilized as pesticides. PROHIBITION. The bill prohibits a person from offering for sale, selling, purchasing, applying, or using the chemical compound dicamba which is the active ingredient in a number of herbicides used to manage post-emergence broadleaf weeds (annuals and perennials) when applied to a number of agricultural and nonagricultural sites. DALS is required to cooperate with the department of natural resources to identify existing stocks of dicamba and recommend methods to safely dispose of the chemical compound. PENALTY.22(2)). A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560.F. EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect January 1, 2022.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 13, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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