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House Finance advanced two agriculture-and-environment bills to Appropriations on party-line 7-3 votes — a self-funding pesticide disposal program and a native-plants-for-pollinators measure — over Republican objections centered on fiscal notes, FTE, and mission creep.
Key Actions
·Pesticide Product Disposal & Container RecyclingPassed
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Notable Quotes
“When safe disposal is cost prohibitive, we know what often happens with these chemicals. They are either dumped in a pit, burned, or end up in the county landfill.”
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Votes
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (7)Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Bob Marshall, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (3)Anthony Hartsook, Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez
Excused (1)Ken DeGraaf
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (7)Sean Camacho, Lorena Garcia, Bob Marshall, Rebekah Stewart, Yara Zokaie, Brianna Titone, Steven Woodrow
No (3)Max Brooks, Ryan Gonzalez, Anthony Hartsook
Excused (1)Ken DeGraaf
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The committee will come to order. Please call the roll. Representatives Brooks. President Camacho. Excuse. DeGraff. Excused. Garcia Gonzalez. Here. Hartsuk. Here. Marshall. He should be online. Can you send him the link? I sent him the link. Excused Stuart. Excused. Zokai Here to tone here. Mr. Chair here we actually have a quorum and we're going to get started. First up, House Bill 1111. Representative Morrow. Thank you Mr. Chair and Committee members. We appreciate your time today. House Bill 1111 is a Colorado pesticide disposal program. It's a new Colorado pesticide disposal program is proposed to provide a solution for commercial pesticide applicators and private farmers and ranchers that have not had an economical means to dispose of bulk or restricted use pesticides. The program's goal is to safely dispose of unused unwanted pesticides and recycle associated containers. It addresses a long standing issue, the lack of a viable cost effective disposal method for agriculture and commercial partners. The target groups are commercial and private agricultural applicators that have not had a viable cost effective disposal option. And it's directed toward agriculture products disposal with the ability to still dispose of other commercial and private individual pesticide products…
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