Committee reviews bill to phase out sale and use of specified herbicide by 2030 with limited exceptions

Legislative counsel introduced H739 as a bill that would prohibit the sale and use of a specified herbicide in the state by December 31, 2030, with enumerated exceptions and a permit and reporting framework.

Counsel (identified as a legislative counsel speaker in the transcript) told the committee H739 "would prohibit the use and sale of the herbicide permaculture in the state, by the end of the year 2030," while also providing limited exceptions for specific orchard crops and certain berries and strawberries. The permitting pathway includes requirements for permit conditions and reporting obligations: the secretary must report on permits issued, the type and location of permitted uses and aggregate information about the herbicide’s deployment.

Committee members had no extended debate recorded in the provided excerpt. The committee proceeded to consider motions and recorded affirmative responses during the subsequent roll‑call confirmations. The transcript records a motion and multiple named senators answering in the affirmative as the committee moved through the agenda.

The committee did not record further amendments or implementation details in the excerpt; those will be resolved in subsequent steps if the bill advances. The transcript does not attribute a final consolidated roll‑call tally to the motion in the excerpt provided here.