Failure-to-Warn
Tools Hub for Advocates
For ease of reference, see links below for target resources based on Northwest, Plains, Midwest, West/Southwest, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic/Northeast regions.
Bills for 2025*
Georgia
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, SB 144/HB 424, introduced in the Georgia legislature.
Status: SB 144 and HB 424 were voted out of the Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee and House Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee on February 19. SB 144 was voted through the Senate on Tuesday, March 4 [42-12].
SB 144 has passed the House [101-58]. This marks a first major setback; however, there is the opportunity to contact the Governor’s office to not sign, but VETO this legislation!
North Dakota
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 1318, in the North Dakota legislature.
Status: The bill passed the House on January 24 and was received by the Senate on January 27. HB 1318 was referred to the Senate Agriculture and Veteran Affairs Committee on February 13, with a public hearing scheduled for March 6, however it was canceled with little notice. HB 1318 passed out of the Senate Agriculture and Veteran Affairs Committee on Thursday, April 10 [4-2]. The bill can be raised at any time for a final vote in the Senate before the April 16 deadline for bills to move forward.
Missouri
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 544/SB 14, in the Missouri legislature.
Status: HB 544 passed the House on February 20 [85-72]. HB 544 passed out of the Senate Agriculture, Food Production, and Outdoor Resources Committee on Thursday, March 27. The bill can be raised at any time for a final vote!
Florida
See here for the latest pesticide immunity bill text, HB 129/SB 992 in the Florida legislature.
Status: HB 129 was referred to the Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee as of January 15. The House bill was filed for first reading on March 4, and the bill passed after a public hearing on April 3 as amended here. HB/CS 129 is now in the Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee with a meeting scheduled for April 10, however the bill is not on the published agenda. Stay tuned for more information!
SB 992 was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 28. The Senate bill was introduced on March 4. There was a committee meeting on April 4, however SB 992 was not on the published agenda. The bill is now eligible to be heard on the Senate floor. Stay tuned for more information!
Tennessee
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 809/SB 527, in the Tennessee legislature.
Status: The House Judiciary Committee on April 8 deferred action on HB 809 until 2026, effectively defeating HB 809/SB 527 for this year's legislative session.
Idaho
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 303, introduced in the Idaho legislature
Status: HB 303 was defeated after failing to move forward before the end of the legislative session on April 4.
Iowa
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, SF 394 (Previously Senate Study Bill 1051), in the Iowa legislature.
Status: SSB 1051 was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 19. The bill was renumbered as SF 394 on February 20. SF 394 narrowly passed the Senate on March 26 [26-21].
The bill failed to move forward after the House Speaker reported that there were not sufficient votes to move forward "at this time." (as of April 2). Stay tuned for any last-minute developments before the end of the legislative session on May 2.
Oklahoma
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 1755/SB 1078, in the Oklahoma legislature.
Status: The bill was defeated after failing to move forward to a second reading on Thursday, March 27. Stay tuned for any last-minute developments before the end of the legislative session on May 30.
Montana
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 522, introduced in the Montana legislature.
Status: The bill was defeated after failing to move past the second reading. [49-50]
Mississippi
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 1221/SB 2472, introduced in the Mississippi legislature.
Status: The bill was defeated after failing to move out of committee.
Wyoming
See here for the pesticide immunity bill text, HB 285, introduced in the Wyoming legislature.
Status: The bill was defeated after failing to move out of committee.
*Updated as of April 11, 2025
Bills Tracked from 2024
Farm Bill (House GOP Draft introduced in Spring 2024): “[P]rohibit any State, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof. . . from directly or indirectly imposing or continuing in effect any requirements for, or penalize or hold liable any entity for failing to comply with requirements with respect to, labeling or packaging that is in addition to or different from the labeling or packaging approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.” (SEC. 10204. UNIFORMITY OF PESTICIDE LABELING REQUIREMENTS, p. 790).
Idaho (Introduced in Spring 2024): “ Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation to the contrary, for any pesticide registered by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal insecticide, fungicide and rodenticide act (FIFRA), the label approved by the United States environmental protection agency in registering the pesticide or a label consistent with the most recent human health assessment performed under FIFRA or consistent with United States environmental protection agency carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide under FIFRA shall be sufficient to satisfy any requirements for a warning regarding health or safety or any other provision or doctrine of state law, including without limitation state tort law or relevant common law.”
Iowa (Introduced in Spring 2024): “This bill provides for a defense from civil liability associated with the use of pesticides that are registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acting under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (federal Act). The bill provides that a label provides sufficient warning if it complies with any one of three criteria:
(1) it was approved by the EPA,
(2) it is consistent with the most recent human health assessment performed under the federal Act, or
(3) it is consistent with the EPA’s carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide.
In each case, the label is sufficient to satisfy any requirements for a warning regarding health or safety under Code chapter 20633 (“Pesticide Act of Iowa”), and any other provision of state law or any other common law duty to warn.”
Missouri (Introduced in Spring 2024): “For purposes of this section, any pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), a pesticide label approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or a pesticide label consistent with the most recent human health assessment performed under FIFRA, or consistent with the United States Environmental Protection Agency carcinogenicity classification of the pesticide under FIFRA, shall be sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a warning label regarding health or safety or any other provision of current law.