Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1221: Pesticides approved for registration and labeling by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under FIFRA; exempt manufacture and sa
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-23-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL AND PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF PESTICIDES REGISTERED AND LABELED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA); AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 69-23-5, mississippi code of 1972, to provide an exemption from civil and product liability actions as a result of the manufacture or sale of pesticides registered and labeled by the united states environmental protection agency under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (fifra); and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-23-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FROM CIVIL AND PRODUCT LIABILITY ACTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE MANUFACTURE OR SALE OF PESTICIDES REGISTERED AND LABELED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA); AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 69-23-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 69-23-5. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, sell or offer for sale within this state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any of the following: (a) Any pesticide which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 69-23-7 or any pesticide if any of the claims made for it or any of the directions for its use differ from its composition or representations made in connection with its registration; provided, that in the discretion of the commissioner a change in the labeling or formula of a pesticide may be made within a reregistration period within requiring registration of the product if the registration is amended to reflect such change and if the changes will not violate any provisions of FIFRA or this chapter. …
Sponsors
- Pigott, Bill (R, 99) · primary sponsor
- Hood, Joey (R, 35)
- Byrd, Larry (R, 104)
- Carpenter, Lester (R, 1)
- Kevin Ford (R, 54)
- Ladner, Timmy (R, 93)
- Lott, Steve (R, 107)
- Mangold, Vince (R, 53)
- Mansell, Clay (R, 56)
- McMillan, Jonathan (R, 58)
- Morgan, Ken (R, 100)
- Scoggin, Donnie (R, 89)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Judiciary A
Votes
- Passed As Amended (February 11, 2026): 110 yea, 3 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1221?
- HB1221 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Pesticides approved for registration and labeling by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under FIFRA; exempt manufacture and sa.
- What does HB1221 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 69-23-5, mississippi code of 1972, to provide an exemption from civil and product liability actions as a result of the manufacture or sale of pesticides registered and labeled by the united states environmental protection agency under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (fifra); and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB1221?
- Failed as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (February 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1221?
- Pigott, Bill (R, 99), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1221?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1221.xml
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