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Committee advances bill declaring EPA- or commissioner‑approved pesticide labels sufficient for state actions
Summary
The committee approved an amendment and then moved HB424 to do pass. Sponsors said the bill codifies that a pesticide label approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the state commissioner satisfies state warning‑label requirements, responding to recent labeling disputes over glyphosate products.
The Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Committee approved an amendment and voted to advance HB424, a bill that would make an EPA- or state-commissioner‑approved pesticide label a sufficient warning for state‑law purposes. Sponsors said the bill aims to prevent state or local labeling requirements that would go beyond federal pesticide-labeling standards.
Representative Meeks, presenting the bill, framed it as protecting farmers’ access to tools and creating regulatory certainty. He said the measure treats a pesticide…
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