As we start the new year, it means that there is a new Legislative session. With this comes the potential for an exciting (good or bad?) or a quiet year for us on the legislative front. At this point, the only piece of legislation that we are watching is a piece that we are sponsoring requiring Workman’s Comp to register a Pest Management Company License (PR) with the state. There is already a requirement for a bond, so this is not foreign to the state. We are currently working to find a legislator to carry this bill for us. We will keep you posted on this. However, when it comes to anything else that may pass through the Capitol, we haven’t heard anything but are keeping our ears open as the deadline is mid-February.

In regard to our Legislative Day in March, we are still working out the details as to what that will look like.  The Capitol is currently closed to most staff and visitors. But March is a long time away in relation to the COVID restrictions and situation so we are still hoping for things to open up, but we are still not sure. Either way, the association is looking to still have an in-person meeting in Sacramento as there will be a lot to discuss, including the outreach campaign to local regulators and elected officials!

Speaking of the outreach campaign, we are working with Grassroots and Arc Strategies. We are excited to see where this is going! Right now, the big ask is for videos of rodent activity. Anything you have would be great. We can edit the video to hide distinguishing marks, logos, phone numbers, whatever could show a customer’s location that you would not want to show. Our PR committee will be reaching out with more details. 

Darren Van Steenwyk, M.S., BCE
Director of Learning and Technical Services
Clark Pest Control
Office: (209) 368-7152 ext. 235
Mobile: (209) 224-4629
Fax: (209) 334-5040
darrenv@clarkpest.co