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HB0443 • 2026

Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law

Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Grow
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on what happens if a manufacturer is found to have withheld, concealed, misrepresented, or destroyed material information regarding human health risks or carcinogenicity. This detail was removed as it was speculative based on the provided summary.

Florida Pesticide Law Changes

This bill stops lawsuits against pesticide makers for not warning about dangers if the label meets certain conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new law that says you can't sue a company for not warning about risks if their pesticide label is approved by the EPA and follows rules set by FIFRA.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Pesticide companies that make and sell products in Florida
  • People who might want to sue a company for not warning about risks from pesticides

Terms To Know

FIFRA
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - the law that controls how pesticides are made and sold in the U.S.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency - a government agency that protects human health and the environment

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only stops lawsuits if certain conditions about the label are met.
  • It does not change other parts of Florida's pesticide law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  3. 2025-11-24 House

    • Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee • Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  4. 2025-11-18 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law; Prohibits pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if pesticide's label meets specified conditions.

Current Bill Text

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HB 443 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to products liability actions under 2
the Florida Pesticide Law; creating s. 487.082, F.S.; 3
prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability 4
action for failure to warn if the pesticide's label 5
meets specified conditions; providing an exception; 6
providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Section 487.082, Florida Statutes, is created 11
to read: 12
487.082 Products liability actions.—A products liability 13
action under this part based on a failure to warn may not be 14
brought or maintained with respect to any pesticide registered 15
with the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the 16
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 17
U.S.C. ss. 136 et seq., if the label for such pesticide is: 18
(1) Approved by the United States Environmental Protection 19
Agency; 20
(2) Consistent with the most recent human health risk 21
assessment performed under FIFRA; or 22
(3) Consistent with the United States Environmental 23
Protection Agency's carcinogenicity classification of the 24
pesticide under FIFRA. 25

HB 443 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

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However, this section does not shield from liability a 27
manufacturer that the United States Environmental Protection 28
Agency determines knowingly withheld, concealed, misrepresented, 29
or destroyed material information regarding the human health 30
risks or carcinogenicity of a pesticide in order to obtain or 31
maintain approval of the label for the pesticide by the United 32
States Environmental Protection Agency. 33
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 34