Bill > A10750

This bill, known as the "restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act" or "RAPTORS act," aims to protect wildlife and public health by prohibiting the sale, distribution, and use of certain rodenticides. Specifically, it bans the sale of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs), which are highly potent pesticides like brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, and difethialone, and also restricts the use of both first-generation (FGARs, such as diphacinone, warfarin, and chlorophacinone) and second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides within 500 feet of a wildlife habitat area, defined as places like parks, conservation areas, wetlands, nature preserves, or wildlife refuges. While these restrictions apply broadly to online and retail sales, there are exceptions for agricultural activities under specific circumstances, such as in warehouses for food storage, processing sites, water storage facilities, and transportation infrastructure, provided that alternative pest control methods have been exhausted and regulations are followed. The bill's intent is to prevent harm to non-target wildlife, including raptors, and to reduce accidental exposure to children and pets, drawing inspiration from the tragic passing of Flaco, an owl who had been exposed to some of these restricted pesticides.