HB 1755 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture; pesticides; warning labels; effective date.

HB 1755 requires Oklahoma to recognize U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved pesticide warning labels as fully compliant with all state warning requirements, including health and safety duties. This directly affects pesticide manufacturers, sellers, and agricultural businesses in Oklahoma by eliminating the need for separate state-specific labels. The bill takes effect on November 1, 2025, streamlining compliance without creating new obligations. It is a procedural measure aligning state law with federal standards.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended by the Oversight Committee to replace the original text with a simplified version that removes specific EPA approval conditions for pesticide warning labels. The committee version keeps the core requirement that EPA-approved labels satisfy Oklahoma warning obligations but eliminates the three detailed conditions (EPA approval, human health assessment consistency, and carcinogenicity classification) that were required in the original draft.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on pesticide warning labels, but the conditions under which EPA labels are deemed sufficient were narrowed by removing specific regulatory criteria.

REQUIREMENT

Removed three specific conditions that required pesticide labels to meet EPA approval, human health assessment consistency, or carcinogenicity classification standards at time of sale.

Changed the requirement from conditional sufficiency (only if labels meet specific EPA criteria) to unconditional sufficiency (any EPA-approved label is sufficient).

TECHNICAL

Replaced original bill text with committee substitute version including updated page numbers and dates.

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Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy committee; Do Pass Agriculture

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Agriculture

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors