Senate Bill 199

Actions | Amendments
Last Action 03/06/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title AN ACT relating to pesticide labeling.
Bill Documents Current
Introduced
Bill Request Number 1357
Sponsors J. Howell, C. Richardson
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 217 to establish that any pesticide registered with the Department of Agriculture, with an EPA approved label for use pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is deemed sufficient warning for the purposes of an action concerning duty to warn; amend KRS 217.544 to conform.
Index Headings of Original Version Agriculture - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Civil Actions - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Civil Procedure - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Claims - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Consumer Protection - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Federal Laws And Regulations - Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Notices - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Occupational Safety And Health - Pesticide use, duty to warn, EPA, labeling
Jump to Proposed Amendments Senate Floor Amendment 1
Senate Floor Amendment 2
Senate Floor Amendment 3
Senate Floor Amendment 4
Votes Vote History

Actions

Top | Amendments
02/13/26
  • introduced in Senate
  • to Committee on Committees (S)
02/27/26
  • to Agriculture (S)
03/03/26
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/04/26
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 05 2026
  • floor amendment (1) filed
  • floor amendment (2) filed
  • floor amendment (3) filed
  • floor amendment (4) filed
03/05/26
  • 3rd reading
  • Floor Amendments (1), (2), (3) and (4) withdrawn
  • passed 23-13
03/06/26
  • received in House
  • to Committee on Committees (H)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary Exempt any claim brought by a person who is not engaged in agricultural production at the time of alleged exposure.
Index Headings Agriculture - Claim, agricultural producer, exemption
Civil Actions - Claim, agricultural producer, exemption
Civil Procedure - Claim, agricultural producer, exemption
Claims - Claim, agricultural producer, exemption

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary Exempt a manufacturer that knowingly withholds, conceals, misrepresents, or destroys material information in order to obtain approval of a pesticide label by the Environmental Protection Agency; exempt a manufacturer that has been found by a jury in a civil action in a court to have withhold, conceal, misrepresent, or destroy material information in order to obtain approval of a pesticide label by the Environment Protection Agency.
Index Headings Agriculture - Pesticide manufacturer, labeling, failure to warn, exemption
Environment And Conservation - Pesticide manufacturer, labeling, failure to warn, exemption
Federal Laws And Regulations - Environmental Protection Agency, pesticide manufacturer, labeling, failure to warn, exemption

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 3
Sponsor S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary Retain original provisions except allow courts of the Commonwealth to make determinations regarding manufacturer misconduct in the absence of a United States Environmental Protection Agency investigation.
Index Headings Agriculture - Pesticide use, EPA, civil action
Civil Actions - Pesticide use, EPA, civil action
Civil Procedure - Pesticide use, EPA, civil action

Amendment Senate Floor Amendment 4
Sponsor S. Funke Frommeyer
Summary Delete subsection (2) of Section 1 of the Act and provide that the requirements of the section shall only apply to pesticides registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and for which it has made a final carcinogenicity determination that the pesticide is not likely to be carcinogenic in humans; provide that determination shall only have effect under certain conditions; provide that the section shall not prohibit a cause of action based on other provisions or doctrines of state law.
Index Headings Agriculture - Pesticide use, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability
Civil Actions - Pesticide use, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability
Claims - Pesticide use, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability
Consumer Protection - Pesticide use, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability
Federal Laws And Regulations - Pesticide use, FIFRA, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability
Notices - Pesticide use, duty to warn, US EPA labeling requirements, applicability

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