{"id":42674,"date":"2024-01-01T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=42674"},"modified":"2023-12-26T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T20:50:29","slug":"dobos-klopfenstein-introduce-legislation-exempting-milkweed-seed-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/dobos-klopfenstein-introduce-legislation-exempting-milkweed-seed-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Dobos, Klopfenstein Introduce Legislation Exempting Milkweed Seed Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"518\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Klopfenstein-Seed-distribution.jpeg?resize=666%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Klopfenstein-Seed-distribution.jpeg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Klopfenstein-Seed-distribution.jpeg?resize=560%2C436&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Klopfenstein-Seed-distribution.jpeg?resize=260%2C202&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Klopfenstein-Seed-distribution.jpeg?resize=160%2C124&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>State Reps. Dave Dobos (R-Columbus) and Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland) recently introduced legislation that exempts certain non-commercial seed-sharing activities from laws governing seed labeling, inspection, and advertising.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legislation will allow the Ohio Prairie Association (OPA) to distribute milkweed seeds non-commercially among its members to promote habitats, especially for monarch butterflies around the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe bill will exempt the distribution of milkweed seeds when its purpose is for the conservation of threatened species or the planting, creation, and propagation of native plant habitats,\u201d said Dobos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMonarch populations have declined rapidly in the last decade,\u201d said Klopfenstein. \u201cBy allowing OPA to distribute milkweed seeds, food sources for monarch caterpillars and a place for monarch butterflies to lay eggs will increase.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed legislation awaits a bill number and committee assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Reps. 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