AB-1440 • 2026

Pesticide testing.

Healthcare Labor Taxes

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials (A) - (Assembly Members Connolly (Chair), Hadwick (Vice Chair), Castillo, and McKinnor)
Last action: 2025-09-03
Official status: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Becker.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide specific details about the requirements for laboratories, sharing information between departments, or ensuring timely delivery of test results.

Pesticide Testing Rules

AB-1440 extends existing rules about pesticide testing and worker health protection until January 1, 2029.

What This Bill Does

Extends current rules on pesticide testing for workers who handle pesticides until January 1, 2029.

Who It Names or Affects

Workers who regularly handle pesticides
Employers who have employees handling pesticides
Medical supervisors registered with OEHHA

Terms To Know

Cholinesterase test: A medical test that checks for signs of pesticide exposure in workers.
OEHHA: Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, a state agency that assesses environmental health risks.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not change the rules about reporting worker health issues to local health officers.
It is unclear if there will be further extensions beyond January 1, 2029.
The bill's status as 'Passed Legislature' means it has been approved but may still need executive action.

Bill History

2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Becker.
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
From special consent calendar.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.Q.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1891.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on E.S & T.M.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1440, as introduced, Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials.
Pesticide testing.
Existing law requires the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations relating to worker health in areas where pesticides are used so that pesticide residue levels are not a significant factor in cholinesterase depression or other health effects.
Existing law requires that an employer who has an employee who regularly handles pesticides have an agreement with a medical supervisor who is registered with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). Existing law requires that a laboratory that performs tests ordered by a medical supervisor report specified information to the Department of Pesticide Regulation on, at a minimum, a monthly basis. Existing law requires that the reports be submitted via electronic media and formatted in a manner approved by the director. Existing law requires the Department of Pesticide
Regulation to share information from cholinesterase reports with the OEHHA and the State Department of Public Health on an ongoing basis, in an electronic format. Existing law requires the registered medical supervisor ordering a cholinesterase test to note in the test order the name of the medical supervisor and the purpose of the test, and ensure that the person tested and the employer receive a copy of the cholinesterase test results and any recommendations from the medical supervisor based upon those results within 14 days of the medical supervisor’s receipt of the results. Existing law requires the medical supervisor to report any worker with cholinesterase depression indicating pesticide exposure to the local health officer within 24 hours. These provisions are operative until January 1, 2027.
This bill would extend these provisions until January 1, 2029.

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