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A3632Assembly2019-2020 Session

Define Integrated Pest Management

Official title

“Provides definition of integrated pest management”

Sponsor Aileen GuntherAD-100+9 co-sponsorsAffects Environment & Energy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Environmental Conservation
Impact
2/10
Minimal
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Environmental Conservation

What's happening

This bill adds a definition of "integrated pest management" to New York environmental law, emphasizing diverse, risk-minimizing pest control methods.

Why it matters

  1. Clarifies standards for pest control. By officially defining "integrated pest management" (IPM), the bill sets a clear standard for what practices are considered acceptable and encouraged under New York law, potentially shaping regulatory enforcement, public contracts, and guidance on pest management.

  2. Promotes safer and more sustainable approaches. The definition emphasizes minimizing health, environmental, and economic risks, which could encourage reduced reliance on chemical pesticides and support methods that are safer for people and ecosystems.

  3. Affects public awareness and education. Including a formal definition in the law may increase awareness and adoption of IPM principles among farmers, schools, businesses, and government agencies, influencing how pest control is understood and implemented statewide.

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Define Integrated Pest Management

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aileen Gunther

Assembly Member · Assembly District 100

History

  1. Referred to environmental conservation
  2. Referred to environmental conservation

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3632

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 29, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, JAFFEE, STIRPE, BUCHWALD, WOERNER, CROUCH, GOODELL, BYRNE, BRABENEC -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HAWLEY, PALMESANO, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing the definition of integrated pest management

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 33-0101 of the environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new subdivision 27-a to read as follows:

27-a. "Integrated pest management" means a systematic approach to managing pests that utilizes a diversity of management options to minimize health, environmental and economic risks and impacts. These options may include biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools to prevent pest infestations or reduce them to acceptable levels.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00420-01-9

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