SB20-189 Summary

• Authorizes local governments to regulate the use and application of pesticides within their jurisdictions, reversing the current state preemption.

• Prohibits local governments from regulating pesticide use in connection with marijuana cultivation and agricultural product production, which remain under state regulation.

• Requires local pesticide regulations to comply with both state and federal law and be adopted in the interest of public health, public safety, and environmental protection; local governments must consider available science when promulgating such ordinances.

• Permits local governments to continue zoning pesticide sales and storage, regulating pesticide transportation, adopting storm water management and drinking water protection regulations, and issuing general occupational licenses.

• Grants state courts exclusive jurisdiction to review local pesticide ordinances, rules, resolutions, or charter provisions; requires local governments to file copies of pesticide-related regulations with the state department of agriculture.