SB 294 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: labeling plants as beneficial to pollinators. (FE)

SB 294 prohibits retailers and plant providers from labeling plants as "beneficial to pollinators" if the plants were treated with systemic insecticides that carry specific pollinator warnings on their product labels (such as a "pollinator protection box" or bee/honeybee precautionary statements). The bill directly affects nurseries, garden centers, and other businesses selling plants at retail. It creates a clear requirement: if an insecticide label warns about pollinator harm, the plant cannot be marketed as pollinator-friendly. This policy change aims to prevent misleading marketing by aligning product claims with actual pollinator safety.
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Introduced May 30, 2025 Last action Jun 1, 2026
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Introduced by Senators Smith, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Behnke, DeSanto, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Palmeri, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Vining, Andraca, J. Jacobson and Udell
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