POLLINATOR AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION – HB 2679

Pollinator and Wildlife Protection safeguards Oregon’s pollinators, birds, and aquatic species by restricting the use of harmful neonicotinoid pesticides. This bill ensures these highly toxic chemicals are limited to trained, licensed users, keeping them off store shelves and out of residential landscapes. By protecting bees vital to food production and other wildlife to sustain biodiversity, this legislation represents an opportunity to address environmental and food justice priorities. Twelve other states have already passed laws to restrict neonicotinoids.