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HB1158 • 2026

PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Rhonda Butler
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Pending House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

What This Bill Does

  • PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 H

    Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development.

  2. 2026-03-31 H

    Read by title. Lies over under the rules.

Official Summary Text

PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-2666 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1158
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES: Provides relative to the registration of pesticides
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 3:3221(B)(3)(f), relative to registration of pesticides; to require
3 certain warning or caution statements on the labeling of pesticides; to require that all
4 warnings or caution statements on the pesticide match the safety warnings on the
5 United States Environmental Protection Agency-registered product label; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 3:3221(B)(3)(f) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §3221. Registration of pesticides
10 * * *
11 B. Each application for the initial registration of a pesticide and for the
12 re-registration of a pesticide for which the label has been changed shall be
13 accompanied by the following information:
14 * * *
15 (3) Two complete copies of the labeling of the pesticide, containing:
16 * * *
17 (f) Directions for the use of the pesticide, including warnings or caution
18 statements. Warnings or caution statements shall not vary in material respects from
19 the warnings or caution statements on the product label that is registered with the
20 United States Environmental Protection Agency.
21 * * *
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HLS 26RS-2666 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1158
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1158 Original 2026 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Requires that all warnings and caution statements on the pesticide match exactly
the safety warnings on the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)-registered product label and not be changed in any significant way.
Present law requires that each application for initial registration or re-registration of a
pesticide with a changed label include two complete copies of the pesticide labeling,
including directions for use and all warnings or caution statements.
Proposed law retains present law and further requires that all warnings or caution statements
match the EPA-registered product label and not be materially altered.
(Amends R.S. 3:3221(B)(3)(f))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.