Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB522: Provide pesticide warning label laws
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act establishing liability responsibility for a manufacturer, marketer, dealer, distributor, retailer, or seller of a pesticide; and providing an applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING LIABILITY RESPONSIBILITY FOR A MANUFACTURER, MARKETER, DEALER, DISTRIBUTOR, RETAILER, OR SELLER OF A PESTICIDE; AND PROVIDING AN APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Liability of pesticide supply chain entity. (1) A manufacturer, marketer, dealer, distributor, retailer, or seller of a pesticide has a duty to warn a consumer, an applicator, and the public about the risks associated with a pesticide. (2) A manufacturer, marketer, dealer, distributor, retailer, or seller with a duty to warn under subsection (1), or a common law duty to warn, satisfies the requirement of this section to warn under all theories of liability if: (a) at the time of sale, the pesticide bears a label approved by the United States environmental protection agency under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.; and (b) the pesticide is registered with the United States environmental protection agency and the department of agriculture as provided in Title 80, chapter 8, part 2. (3) Liability may not attach and a cause of action may not arise for failing to warn about the risks associated with a pesticide unless the manufacturer, marketer, dealer, distributor, retailer, or seller to warn under subsection (1) fails to satisfy the provisions of subsection (2). …
Sponsors
- Schillinger, Jerry (R, 34) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Reconsidered Previous Action
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
Votes
- ReconsAction - HB 522 (March 5, 2025): 47 yea, 51 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 49 yea, 50 nay, failed
Subjects: Liability, Consumer Protection, Health
Common questions
- What is HB522?
- HB522 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide pesticide warning label laws.
- What does HB522 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act establishing liability responsibility for a manufacturer, marketer, dealer, distributor, retailer, or seller of a pesticide; and providing an applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB522?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB522?
- Schillinger, Jerry (R, 34).
- Where is the official record for HB522?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2816
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