SF394 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability. (Formerly SSB 1051 .)

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Last action: 2025-04-03
Official status: Read first time, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 893 .
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability. (Formerly SSB 1051 .)

A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability.
(Formerly SSB 1051 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Read first time, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 893 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Message from Senate. H.J. 818 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Immediate message. S.J. 646 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Passed Senate , yeas 26, nays 21. S.J. 645 .
2025-03-26 Iowa Legislature
Amendment S-3056 filed, adopted. S.J. 644 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 331 .
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. S.J. 322 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to pesticides, by providing for tort liability. (Formerly SSB 1051 .)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate

File

394

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Reprinted

SENATE

FILE

394

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1051)

(As

Amended

and

Passed

by

the

Senate

March

26,

2025

)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

pesticides,

by

providing

for

tort

liability.

1

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

2

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S.F.

394

Section

1.

Section

668.12,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

5.

Notwithstanding

any

provision

to

the

3

contrary,

for

any

pesticide

registered

with

the

United

States

4

environmental

protection

agency

under

the

federal

Insecticide,

5

Fungicide,

and

Rodenticide

Act,

7

U.S.C.

§136

et

seq.,

the

6

label

approved

by

the

United

States

environmental

protection

7

agency

in

registering

the

pesticide,

or

a

label

consistent

with

8

the

most

recent

human

health

assessment

performed

under

the

9

federal

Insecticide,

Fungicide,

and

Rodenticide

Act,

or

a

label

10

consistent

with

the

United

States

environmental

protection

11

agency

carcinogenicity

classification

for

the

pesticide

under

12

the

federal

Insecticide,

Fungicide,

and

Rodenticide

Act,

shall

13

be

sufficient

to

satisfy

any

requirements

for

a

warning

or

14

labeling

regarding

health

or

safety

under

chapter

206,

any

15

other

provision

or

doctrine

of

state

law

concerning

the

duty

16

to

warn

or

label,

or

any

other

common

law

duty

to

warn.

This

17

subsection

shall

not

be

interpreted

to

prohibit

a

cause

of

18

action

based

on

any

other

provision

or

doctrine

of

state

law.

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