Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB541: Create a pollinator health task force
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act relating to the protection of montana's pollinators; creating a pollinator health task force; establishing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation; and providing effective dates and a termination date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF MONTANA'S POLLINATORS; CREATING A POLLINATOR HEALTH TASK FORCE; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES AND A TERMINATION DATE." WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that more than 75% of the world's flowering plants and about 35% of the world's food crops depend on pollinators to reproduce; and WHEREAS, honeybees, wild bees, and other pollinators are responsible for the production of tree fruits, small fruits, alfalfa seed, and other crops, contributing an estimated $34 billion in economic value to the United States annually; and WHEREAS, beyond agriculture, pollinators are keystone species in the terrestrial ecosystems of Montana, with fruit and seeds derived from insect pollination providing a major part of the diet of numerous birds and mammal species; and WHEREAS, the state has experienced pollinator habitat loss through property conversion, fragmentation, and degradation of land, and with the state's population continuing to grow at a fast pace, the additional loss of habitat is a significant concern; and WHEREAS, the Legislature intends by this act to initiate a concerted effort to protect and expand the habitat on which pollinators depend by coordinating with other state agencies and local governments in promoting practices to ensure sustainable, healthy populations of managed and wild pollinators. BE IT ENACTED BY THE …
Sponsors
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Introduced
Subjects: Appropriations, Agriculture
Common questions
- What is SB541?
- SB541 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Create a pollinator health task force.
- What does SB541 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act relating to the protection of montana's pollinators; creating a pollinator health task force; establishing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation; and providing effective dates and a termination date.".
- What is the status of SB541?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB541?
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48).
- Where is the official record for SB541?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0655
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