HB1086 Creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments.
Creating a committee to study neonicotinoid seed treatments.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Minimal cost for a study committee. Findings could help protect the agricultural pollination services that affect food prices.
Your Community
Pollinators are essential to NH agriculture and ecosystems. Studying threats to their survival supports food security and environmental health.
Your Freedom
Study committee with no direct impact on individual freedoms.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 04/23/2026; Senate Journal 10
Sponsor
John MacDonald (R)
The Short Version
Would create a study committee to examine neonicotinoid seed treatments, which are pesticides linked to bee colony collapse and pollinator decline. Understanding their impact is critical for NH agriculture that depends on pollination.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Beekeepers
- ▲ Farmers dependent on pollinators
- ▲ Environmental health
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Minimal committee costs
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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