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HB0809Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 43, Chapter 8, relative to pesticides.

Introduced

Introduced by Rusty Grills, District 77

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, specifies that a manufacturer or seller of a pesticide registered with the commissioner of agriculture and with the environmental protection agency under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is not liable in a civil action related to the labeling of the pesticide, if the pesticide bore a label approved by the EPA under FIFRA at the time of sale. - Amends TCA Title 43, Chapter 8.

Where it stands

Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

January 22, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Judiciary Committee · March 18, 2025

12

Yes

4

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

16 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Bud Hulsey2No
Rebecca Alexander7Yes
Tom Stinnett20Yes
Greg Martin26No
Greg Vital29Yes
Ron Travis31Yes
Monty Fritts32Yes
Aftyn Behn51No
Justin Jones52No
Clay Doggett70Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee - Judiciary Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  6. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee

  7. Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/18/2025

  8. Rec. for pass; ref to Judiciary Committee

  9. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 3/26/2025

  10. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025

  11. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025

  12. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025

  13. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025

  14. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to Second Calendar of 2026

  15. Sponsor(s) Added.

  16. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 1/21/2026

  17. Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. Sponsor(s) Added.

  19. Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee

  20. Sponsor(s) Added.

  21. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

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