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OK HB1755

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dell Kerbs

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates new law codified as Section 3-97 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes establishing that pesticide warning labels approved by the EPA are sufficient to satisfy Oklahoma state law warning and duty-to-warn requirements.

  • Pesticide labels satisfy Oklahoma requirements if they are EPA-approved and approved by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry at the time of sale.

  • Alternatively, labels satisfy requirements if they are consistent with the most recent EPA human health assessment or the EPA carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide at the time of sale.

  • Applies only to pesticides registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.

  • Effective date: November 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Agriculture; pesticides; warning labels; effective date.

Last Action

Referred to Rules

3/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/4/2025
Agriculture2/4/2025
Energy and Natural Resources Oversight2/4/2025

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