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Pesticide Reporting Modernization
This bill, as originally written, would have made vital improvements to the systems that track what pesticides are sold and used in Connecticut, in what quantities, and where. It has been amended instead to require the creation of a working group of stakeholders, including a spokesperson for pesticide applicators, the Farm Bureau, CT DEEP, Dept. of Agriculture, and environmental advocates, which will produce a report by January 2027 with recommendations for a bill next year.
Now is the time to call or email your state legislators
and ask them to support HB 5155 and
to consider co-sponsoring it.
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why you care about this issue.
Here is a factsheet about the original goals of the bill.
Here is the testimony submitted during the public hearing for the bill.
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Quick Facts
A 2025 Connecticut Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) report identifies major deficiencies in the way Connecticut collects and reports pesticide use data.
The core concept of the bill is to make data currently collected by DEEP usable.
The over 3000 certified pesticide applicators in the state report pesticide use on handwritten forms that include their names and addresses.
There is no way to aggregate or summarize that data to show which pesticides are being used, in what quantities, and on what pests.
This leaves state agencies, researchers, and the public without access to basic data on pesticide use.
Better data is foundational for understanding how to create smart policy to protect the environment, especially pollinators, birds, clean water and human health.
The proposed system would remove public access to personal names and addresses and aggregate data at the county level, which aligns with approaches used in other states (MA, NY).
