SB 5330 — Concerning the Washington pesticide application act.

What this bill does

Allows the Director of the Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to suspend or revoke a pesticide license or certification based on a license or certification from another jurisdiction when notified that the person's original certification was terminated under certain circumstances. Requires applicants for certain applicator licenses to be at least 18 years old on the date the application is submitted, rather than 16 years old. Requires the WSDA to adopt by rule standards for pesticide applications made by noncertified applicators of restricted use pesticides under the direct supervision of a certified applicator.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 12, 2023
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  49 yea · 0 nay

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