Bill > SSB3163

This Study Bill proposes to shield individuals and entities from civil lawsuits related to the use of pesticides that have been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The bill establishes that a pesticide's label will be considered adequate for warning about health or safety risks if it meets any of three criteria: it was approved by the EPA, it aligns with the EPA's latest human health assessment for that pesticide, or it is consistent with the EPA's classification of the pesticide's potential to cause cancer. If a label meets any of these conditions, it will satisfy all state-level warning requirements, including those under Iowa's "Pesticide Act" (Chapter 206) and any other state laws or common law duties to warn.