North DakotaQualifying pesticide labels satisfy North Dakota warning rules
North Dakota law treats qualifying pesticide labels as meeting state health and safety warning duties, including duties under judge-made law.
What it does
For registered pesticides, labels that meet one of three federal standards satisfy state health and safety warning duties. This applies under state laws and judge-made law.
Argument forPesticide makers may have clearer rules because labels that meet one of the listed federal standards satisfy state health and safety warning duties.
Argument againstPeople who believe a pesticide label missed a health risk may have fewer state-law grounds to bring a warning claim when the label meets one of the listed federal standards.
More detail
A qualifying pesticide label satisfies state health and safety warning and labeling requirements. This applies to health or safety warning duties under this chapter, other state laws, and common law, which is judge-made law. The pesticide must be registered with North Dakota's agriculture commissioner or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Its label must be approved by the federal agency, match the agency's most recent human health assessment, or match its cancer classification for that pesticide. The text gives no separate start date.
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- Passed Senate
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History
- 2025
- Apr 25Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23Latest
- Apr 24Signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong 04/23Became Law
- Apr 21Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 21Signed by Speaker
- Apr 21Signed by President
- Apr 16Second reading, passed, yeas 51 nays 40Major
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1318. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 16Concurred
- Apr 14Returned to House (12)
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1318. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 14Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 29 nays 18Passed Senate
- Apr 14Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 11Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0Minor
- Mar 27Committee Hearing 09:00
- Mar 14Committee Hearing 08:30
- Feb 13Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs CommitteeMinor
- Jan 27Received from House
- Jan 24Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0Passed House
- Vote recorded Motion for Final Passage on HB 1318. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 23Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1Minor
- Jan 23Committee Hearing 10:30
- Jan 13Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture CommitteeIntroduced
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