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A3094 TR
ASSEMBLY, No. 3094
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CHRIS TULLY
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblyman Freiman, Assemblywoman
Fantasia, Assemblyman Karabinchak, Assemblywomen Quijano, Bagolie, Drulis and
Donlon
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes "pollinator-friendly" label for
plants.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Assembly Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee with technical review.
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An Act
establishing a �pollinator-friendly� label for
plants and amending P.L.1971, c.176.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
����� 1.�� Section
4 of P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-4) is amended to read as follows:
����� 4.�� a.�� The
commissioner shall have the power to formulate and promulgate, amend and�
repeal orders, rules
,
and regulations prohibiting, conditioning
,
and controlling the sale, purchase, transportation, labeling, use and
application, or any thereof, of pesticides which cause or may tend to cause
adverse effects on man� or the environment by any person within this State.
State rules and regulations with respect to the labeling of any pesticide, the
labeling of which is prescribed by Federal law and regulations, shall to the
extent practicable conform to the Federal requirements.�
����� b.�� In
addition to any other training and licensing requirements established by the
commissioner pursuant to P.L.1971, c.176 (C.13:1F-1 et seq.), a person seeking
certification and licensing as a pesticide applicator or a commercial pesticide
operator shall be required to complete a continuing education or training
course, approved by the department, concerning the impact of pesticides on
pollinating bees.
����� For
the purposes of this subsection, "pollinating bee" means any bee that
causes a plant to make fruits or seeds by transferring pollen from a plant
anther to a plant stigma, resulting in fertilization.
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c.�� (1)�� The
commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall
establish (a) standards for designating native, non-invasive plants as friendly
to animal pollinators, which shall include but need not be limited to standards
prohibiting or restricting the application or treatment of plants to be sold
with pesticides or other chemicals deemed harmful or potentially harmful to
animal pollinators, and (b) a �pollinator-friendly� label that a distributor or
retail seller of plants may use to indicate that the plant to be sold is
friendly to animal pollinators.
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(2)� No
person may distribute or sell at retail a plant labeled as pollinator friendly
or otherwise advertised or labeled as not harmful to animal pollinators except
in compliance with this section.
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(3)� For
the purposes of this subsection, � animal pollinator� means any bee, butterfly,
moth, wasp, fly, beetle, ant, hummingbird, bat, or other animal that is known
to pollinate plants.
(cf:
P.L.2017, c.296, s.1)
����� 2.�� This
act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month following the date
of enactment, but the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may take any
anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for
the implementation of this act.