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SB1078 • 2026

Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met. Effective date.

Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Remove as coauthor Senator Frix
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met. Effective date.

Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met.

What This Bill Does

  • Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1078 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1078 (Senate): Committee Substitute (3/3/2025)

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 1625 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
  • 1078 By: Murdock COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met; providing circumstances in which warning label is adequate; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.
  • 1078, as follows: 1.
  • On page 1, line 14, before the word “Notwithstanding”, inserting the letter “A.” 2.
Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.
  • 1078, as follows: 1.
  • On page 1, line 14, before the word “Notwithstanding”, inserting the letter “A.” 2.
Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.
  • 1078, as follows: 1.
  • On page 1, line 14, before the word “Notwithstanding”, inserting the letter “A.” 2.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Remove as coauthor Senator Frix

  2. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Frix

  3. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)

  4. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  5. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

  6. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Title stricken

  7. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife

  8. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  9. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Combined pesticide law; establishing pesticide warning labels to be sufficient under law when certain circumstances are met. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1078 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1078 (Senate): Committee Substitute (3/3/2025)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 3, 2025

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1078 By: Murdock

[ combined pesticide law - warning labels -
codification - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-97 of Title 2, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for any pesticide
registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7
U.S.C., Section 136 et seq., the label approved by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency in registering the pesticide, or a
label consistent with the most recent human health assessment
performed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act, or a label consistent with the United States Environmental
Protection Agency carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide
under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, shall
be sufficient to satisfy any requirements for a warning regarding

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health or safety under Oklahoma state law, including, without
limitation, the duty to warn, or any other common law duty to warn
if:
1. Approved by the Environmental Protection Agency under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and by the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry at the time
of sale;
2. Consistent with the most recent human health assessment
performed by Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act at the time of sale; or
3. Consistent with the Environmental Protection Agency
carcinogenicity classification for the pesticide under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act at the time of sale.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE
March 3, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS