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401 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE BILL Session of No.
401 PRINTER'S NO.
426 2025 INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS, VITALI, CIRESI, HOHENSTEIN, FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, OTTEN, ISAACSON, GREEN, SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, BRENNAN, HOWARD, KENYATTA, PROBST, STEELE, RABB AND CONKLIN, JANUARY 31, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, JANUARY 31, 2025 AN ACT Providing for duties of Commonwealth agencies regarding native plants and for duties of Department of Conservation and plants.
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Resources regarding pollinator habitats and native The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
426 2025 INTRODUCED BY PIELLI, SANCHEZ, GIRAL, WEBSTER, HILL-EVANS, VITALI, CIRESI, HOHENSTEIN, FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, OTTEN, ISAACSON, GREEN, SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, BRENNAN, HOWARD, KENYATTA, PROBST, STEELE, RABB, CONKLIN, SALISBURY, McNEILL, KINKEAD AND TAKAC, JANUARY 31, 2025 AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 22, 2026 AN ACT Providing for duties of Commonwealth agencies regarding native Natural Resources regarding pollinator habitats and native plants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
(1) Any office, department, authority, board, multistate agency or commission of the executive branch, independent agency or State-affiliated entity.
<-- (1) Any office, department, authority, board, multistate agency or commission of the executive branch, independent agency or State-affiliated entity.
"COMMONWEALTH AGENCY." AN EXECUTIVE AGENCY, INDEPENDENT <-- AGENCY OR STATE-AFFILIATED ENTITY.
"Independent agency." Any board, commission or other agency or officer of the Commonwealth that is not subject to the policy supervision and control of the Governor.
"Independent agency." Any board, commission or other agency <-- or officer of the Commonwealth that is not subject to the policy supervision and control of the Governor.
(5) The Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.
(5) The Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution 20250HB0426PN3652 - 2 - Control and Conservation Committee.
20250HB0426PN0401 - 2 - (7) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
(7) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
"State-affiliated entity." A Commonwealth authority or Commonwealth entity.
"State-affiliated entity." A Commonwealth authority or <-- Commonwealth entity.
The term includes the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and any entity established thereby, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board, the State System of Higher Education, a community college, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Pennsylvania 20250HB0426PN0401 - 3 - Infrastructure Investment Authority, the State Public School Building Authority, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority.
The term includes the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and any entity established thereby, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board, the State System of Higher Education, a 20250HB0426PN3652 - 3 - community college, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, the State Public School Building Authority, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and the Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority.
(b) Turfgrass and lawns.--A Commonwealth agency shall consider the planting of native plants untreated with systemic insecticides or creating pollinator meadows on appropriate areas of existing or planned turfgrass and lawns, particularly unused 20250HB0426PN0401 - 4 - areas when growing turfgrass or lawns at a Commonwealth facility.
(b) Turfgrass and lawns.--A Commonwealth agency shall consider the planting of native plants untreated with systemic 20250HB0426PN3652 - 4 - insecticides or creating pollinator meadows on appropriate areas of existing or planned turfgrass and lawns, particularly unused areas when growing turfgrass or lawns at a Commonwealth facility.
The department shall promulgate regulations specifying which native plants are covered under this act and include the following information in the native pollinator conservation plan:
The department shall promulgate regulations specifying which native plants are covered under this act and include the following information 20250HB0426PN3652 - 5 - in the native pollinator conservation plan:
20250HB0426PN0401 - 5 - (ii) The main risks to native pollinators.
(ii) The main risks to native pollinators.
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