Regulate imitation meat and egg products

Added amendments to seven new sections of the Revised Code (909.07, 921.01, 921.06, 921.11, 921.16, 921.24, 943.26) covering pesticide regulation, bee inspection, and the animal and consumer protection fund. The bill's stated purpose now includes 'to revise various agriculture laws.'

Section 909.07 establishes the appointment, duties, compensation, and termination of deputy apiarists (bee inspectors) who work under the direction of the director of agriculture to inspect apiaries and enforce bee-related law.

Section 3313.8110(E) removed 'fabricated-egg products' from the WIC program waiver provision, so only cultivated-protein food products are now subject to the state's request for a federal waiver excluding them from WIC eligibility.

Section 5101.548 was renumbered to 5101.5410 and 'fabricated-egg product' was removed, so only cultivated-protein food products are now subject to the state's request for a federal waiver excluding them from SNAP eligibility.

Section 921.06 now requires a commercial applicator license for applying pesticides at publicly accessible sites including food service operations, retail food establishments, golf courses, rental properties with more than four units, hospitals, child care centers, school district facilities, higher education institutions, and food processing establishments.

Section 921.24 adds a comprehensive list of prohibited acts including applying pesticides inconsistent with labeling, acting as an unlicensed commercial applicator, failing to provide training to trained servicepersons, distributing misbranded or adulterated pesticides, and failing to properly supervise a trained serviceperson.

Sections 921.06 and 921.11 allow immediate family members and subordinate employees of a private applicator to use restricted use pesticides if they are trained per director standards and acting under the direct supervision of that private applicator, without needing their own license.

Section 921.16 authorizes civil penalties up to $5,000 for a first violation and up to $10,000 for each subsequent violation of the pesticide chapter, with all money credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund.

Section 921.01 adds approximately 50 new definitions for the pesticide chapter including terms like 'direct supervision,' 'trained serviceperson,' 'restricted use pesticide,' 'private applicator,' 'commercial applicator,' 'integrated pest management,' and 'immediate family.'

The bill number changed from H.B. No. 10 to Sub. H.B. No. 10, indicating it is a substitute bill. Senate sponsors were added (Schaffer, Cirino, Hicks-Hudson, Johnson, Lang, O'Brien, Patton, Reineke, Roegner, Romanchuk, Timken).