Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H443: Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Prohibits pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if pesticide's label meets specified conditions.
What the bill says
An act relating to products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law; creating s. 487.082, F.S.; prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if the pesticide's label meets specified conditions; providing an exception; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, November 18, 2025:
An act relating to products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law; creating s. 487.082, F.S.; prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if the pesticide's label meets specified conditions; providing an exception; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 487.082, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 487.082 Products liability actions.—A products liability action under this part based on a failure to warn may not be brought or maintained with respect to any pesticide registered with the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. ss. 136 et seq., if the label for such pesticide is: (1) Approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; (2) Consistent with the most recent human health risk assessment performed under FIFRA; or (3) Consistent with the United States Environmental Protection Agency's carcinogenicity classification of the pesticide under FIFRA. HB 443 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb443-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES However, this section does not shield from liability a manufacturer that the United States Environmental Protection Agency determines knowingly withheld, concealed, misrepresented, or destroyed material information regarding the human health risks or carcinogenicity of a pesticide in order to obtain or maintain approval of the label …
Sponsors
- Grow, J.J. (R, HD-023) · primary sponsor
- Grow (R, 23) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee
- : Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H443?
- H443 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Products Liability Actions Under the Florida Pesticide Law.
- What does H443 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to products liability actions under the Florida Pesticide Law; creating s. 487.082, F.S.; prohibiting a pesticide-related products liability action for failure to warn if the pesticide's label meets specified conditions; providing an exception; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H443?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H443?
- Grow, J.J. (R, HD-023), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H443?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/443
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