Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa SF2316: A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Status: In committee, February 14, 2026
An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5541XS (5) da/js S.F. 2316 Section 1. Section 206.2, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsections: NEW SUBSECTION. 18A. "Paraquat" means any pesticide containing paraquat dichloride or any other chemical form of paraquat. NEW SUBSECTION. 32. "Work group" means the environmental research and sustainable farming advisory work group established pursuant to section 206.33C. Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 206.33A Paraquat ---- prohibition. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person shall not offer for sale, sell, purchase, apply, or use a pesticide containing paraquat. 2. The department or the department of natural resources may approve the use of paraquat for research purposes only, if the use is conducted under strict safety and reporting protocols as provided by the department overseeing the research. Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 206.33B Paraquat ---- reporting requirements on current use. 1. By December 31, 2026, any person that currently offers for sale, sells, purchases, applies, or uses a pesticide containing paraquat in this state must submit a report to the department and the department of natural resources detailing all of the following: a. The quantity of paraquat used, sold, or distributed in …
Sponsors
- Art Staed (D, 40) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Subcommittee: Driscoll, Gruenhagen, and Zimmer.
- : Introduced, referred to Agriculture. S.J. 272 .
Subjects: farming, natural resources department, pesticides, chemicals, agriculture and land stewardship department, research
Common questions
- What is SF2316?
- SF2316 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
- What does SF2316 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act prohibiting a pesticide containing paraquat, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions.
- What is the status of SF2316?
- In committee as of February 14, 2026. Latest action: Subcommittee: Driscoll, Gruenhagen, and Zimmer. (February 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored SF2316?
- Art Staed (D, 40).
- Where is the official record for SF2316?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=SF+2316&ga=91
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