Bill Text: CA AB1963 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Pesticides: paraquat dichloride.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2024. [AB1963 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB1963-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 1963
CHAPTER 688
An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 14085) to Chapter 3 of Division 7 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pesticides.
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Approved by
Governor
September 27, 2024.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 27, 2024.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1963, Friedman.
Pesticides: paraquat dichloride.
Existing law regulates the use of pesticides and authorizes the Director of Pesticide Regulation to adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of specified pesticides, as prescribed. Existing law requires the director to endeavor to eliminate from use in the state any pesticide that, among other things, endangers the agricultural or nonagriculutral environment. Existing law requires the director to develop an orderly program for the continuous evaluation of all pesticides actually registered. Existing law authorizes the director, after a hearing, to cancel the registration of any pesticide that, among other things, is detrimental to vegetation, except weeds, to domestic animals, or to the public health and safety when properly used.
This bill would require the Department of Pesticide Regulation, on or before January 1, 2029, to
complete a reevaluation of paraquat dichloride, as provided, and make the determination to retain, cancel, or suspend its registration or to place new appropriate restrictions on the use of pesticide products containing the active ingredient paraquat dichloride.
