Bill Text: CA ACR60 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: BeeWhere Month.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-19-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 38, Statutes of 2021. [ACR60 Detail]
Download: California-2021-ACR60-Chaptered.html
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 60
CHAPTER 38
Relative to BeeWhere Month.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
May 21, 2021.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 60, Fong.
BeeWhere Month.
This measure would, among other things, proclaim the month of April of each year as BeeWhere Month.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, Bee pollinators have been essential to maximizing production in numerous California-grown crops; and
WHEREAS, A regulatory program was established in the 1980s to encourage communication between beekeepers and pesticide applicators to protect working bees during pollination; and
WHEREAS, The California Association of Pest Control Advisors with the leadership of its president, Ruthann Anderson, in coordination with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association and, in particular, Commissioners Ruben Arroyo (County of Riverside), Louie Mendoza (County of Butte), and Rick Gurrola (County of Shasta), were instrumental in the formation of the BeeWhere program; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2468 (Chapter 320 of the Statutes of 2018) provided a statutory mechanism for beekeepers to register their hives and provide notice of hive locations; and
WHEREAS, Pesticide applicators can now access such information and thereby protect bee pollinators year round when pesticides are being applied; and
WHEREAS, At least 75 percent of the nation’s bees annually bring their services to California during peak pollination periods; and
WHEREAS, This supply of imported bees along with approximately 500,000 native California beehives pollinate millions of acres of California crops; and
WHEREAS, The annual economic activity of pollinated crops results in billions of dollars of farm gate income; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate for all Californians to recognize the efforts of farmers, pest control advisors, beekeepers, regulators, and others involved in protecting bee pollinators; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes and honors those leaders who established the BeeWhere program and hereby proclaim the month of April of each year as BeeWhere Month; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
