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<a href="mailto:carls@awcnet.org">Carl Schroeder</a>, <a href="mailto:shannonm@awcnet.org">Shannon McClelland</a> | Apr 22, 2019
<a target="_blank" href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5552&Initiative=false&Year=2019"><strong>SB 5552</strong></a> was amended in the House and passed unanimously by the Legislature.
SB 5552 was amended in the House and passed unanimously by the Legislature. The House amendment requires that the bill be funded in the budget, or it is null and void. The bill has local governments playing a role in promoting practices to ensure a sustainable population of managed and native pollinators. Read about the importance of pollinators and what this bill does in our previous article.