Agriculture Committee Report – Week 11, 2018

HF 2407 – Lake pesticides;
HF 2422 – Noxious weed updates. 

 

FLOOR ACTION:

HF 2407 creates a new civil penalty for applying pesticides in natural lakes without a license.
[3/19: 47-0 (Excused: Sinclair, Zumbach; Vacant: Dix)]

 

HF 2422 allows the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to add a weed to the list of noxious weeds without legislative approval. The bill also creates a state weed commissioner.
[3/19: 47-0 (Excused: Sinclair, Zumbach; Vacant: Dix)]