HB 84 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

The Pollinator Protection Act.

HB 84 restricts the sale and use of neonicotinoid pesticides (honeybee-killing chemicals like imidacloprid) in North Carolina. It bans retail sales to the general public, allowing only licensed pesticide applicators or farmers using them for crop production to purchase these chemicals. The law also requires the state pesticide board to monitor federal EPA assessments of these pesticides and study whether to regulate seeds treated with systemic insecticides. These changes take effect October 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

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Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill update adds more sponsors to the Pollinator Protection Act and changes the bill's reference number. The most significant change is that the deadline for submitting study results to the Environmental Review Commission was removed, meaning the November 1, 2025 deadline no longer appears in this version.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on pollinator protection, but the removal of the specific submission deadline may delay when study results must be reported.

TECHNICAL

Added Representatives Setzer, Harrison, and Prather to the list of primary sponsors, expanding the legislative support for the bill.

Added a reference directing readers to the North Carolina General Assembly website for a complete list of sponsors.

Changed the bill reference number from DRH40036-MH-19 to H84-v-1, updating the internal tracking identifier.

TIMELINE

Removed the specific deadline of November 1, 2025 for submitting study results to the Environmental Review Commission, leaving the sentence incomplete without a date.

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Feb 11, 2025

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Feb 10, 2025

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3 primary · 19 co-sponsors