Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to clarify that federal misbranding and uniformity provisions do not preempt state tort claims related to pesticide labeling or packaging. Requires the EPA to report regulations or guidance that limit such state tort claims within 180 days.
Progressives emphasize accountability and victims' access to courts.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear and targeted substantive amendment to FIFRA that explicitly removes certain federal preemption barriers to State tort-law warnings and claims and adds a short reporting requirement; however, it leaves several operational and boundary questions unaddressed.
Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to clarify that federal misbranding and uniformity provisions do not preempt state tort claims related to pesticide labeling or packaging.
Requires the EPA to report regulations or guidance that limit such state tort claims within 180 days.
Includes findings about EPA registration practices and a severability clause.
A narrow liability-restoring bill faces substantial stakeholder opposition and Senate procedural hurdles despite limited budget impact.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear and targeted substantive amendment to FIFRA that explicitly removes certain federal preemption barriers to State tort-law warnings and claims and adds a short reporting requirement; however, it leaves several operational and boundary questions unaddressed.
Progressives emphasize accountability and victims' access to courts.
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Progressives emphasize accountability and victims' access to courts.
Likely broadly supportive; sees the bill as restoring victims' access to state courts and industry accountability when federal regulation falls short.
Views state tort remedies as a necessary backstop for public health and environmental protection.
Mixed but cautiously favorable.
Values restored accountability and EPA transparency but worries about regulatory coherence, interstate commerce effects, and unintended litigation burdens.
Would seek clarifying language and procedural safeguards.
Likely opposed.
Views the bill as weakening national uniformity, creating litigation risks, and undermining predictable federal regulatory authority.
Concerned about costs to manufacturers, farmers, and interstate commerce.
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A narrow liability-restoring bill faces substantial stakeholder opposition and Senate procedural hurdles despite limited budget impact.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize accountability and victims' access to courts.
A narrow liability-restoring bill faces substantial stakeholder opposition and Senate procedural hurdles despite limited budget impact.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear and targeted substantive amendment to FIFRA that explicitly removes certain federal preemption barriers to State tort-law warnings and claims and adds a sh…
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