AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF CERTAIN RODENTICIDES.

HB 5016 restricts the sale and use of second-generation rodenticides (rat poisons) in Connecticut. It directly affects pest control businesses, homeowners, and agricultural operations that currently use these products. The bill’s key provision amends statutes to ban these specific chemicals, which are known to cause secondary poisoning in birds of prey and other wildlife. The stated purpose is to protect birds of prey and rodent predator animals from harm caused by these rodenticides.