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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill permits federal pesticide labels to satisfy state warning requirements
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to pesticides; permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.
The change affects whether pesticide manufacturers can face state-level legal claims or additional mandates for health and safety warnings beyond what federal regulators require, potentially altering liability standards under Kansas law.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
pesticide manufacturers
Pesticide manufacturers are permitted to satisfy Kansas health and safety warning and labeling requirements by using federal label standards.
agricultural producers
Agricultural producers use pesticides subject to state and federal labeling and warning requirements governed by this act.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does this bill eliminate all legal claims related to pesticides in Kansas?
What federal standards can satisfy Kansas state warning requirements?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Mar 9, 2026SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 144-S
- Feb 4, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Feb 3, 2026SenateCommitteeref_rbc_237
- Feb 2, 2026HouseEngrossed on Friday, January 30, 2026
- Feb 2, 2026SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
Show 10 earlier actions
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
- Jan 29, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Jan 29, 2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed
- Jan 29, 2026HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Jan 29, 2026HouseFloorMotion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- Jan 29, 2026HouseFloorEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended
- Jan 28, 2026HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Jan 21, 2026HouseHearing: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 112-N
- Jan 20, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Jan 20, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Version history
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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