The legislation was prompted by the state Structural Pest Control Commission to stop the unlicensed use of herbicides by landscapers without pest-control licenses.

The bill SB 1221 was sent to the House on a 21-6 vote and would exempt people who conduct lawn, garden, shrub, or tree maintenance and who apply herbicides for weed control.

One man in Phoenix who owns a landscape business was fined $2,000 for applying RoundUp to grass that was growing in the gravel of a clients?EUR??,,????'??? home. He wasn?EUR??,,????'???t the only one. According to commission reports, about 50 other people were fined an average of $500 per incident.