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Draft bill would ban most rodenticides statewide, allow time‑limited exemptions for emergencies
Summary
Legislative counsel walked a House committee through a draft bill that would classify first‑ and second‑generation anticoagulant and non‑anticoagulant rodenticides as restricted or prohibited, bar sales (including online) and permit limited exemptions for agricultural, environmental or significant public‑health emergencies; the effective date is Jan. 1, 2027.
Bridal Schulman, Office of Legislative Counsel, told members that the draft of House bill 758 would prohibit the use and sale — including internet sales — of first‑ and second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides and all non‑anticoagulant rodenticides in the state while allowing narrow, time‑limited exemptions in specific emergencies.
Schulman framed the change as both a reclassification and a prohibition. She said the bill would require the Secretary to register first‑generation anticoagulants as restricted‑use pesticides (Class A) and noted that second‑generation anticoagulants are already restricted at the state level. "This bill here proposes to prohibit the use of any first generation first and second generation anticoagulant rodenticides and all non anticoagulant rodenticides in the state, including use by commercial applicators," Schulman said, emphasizing that exemptions would be available only when there is an agricultural emergency, environmental emergency, or…
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