Bill Summary
House Bill 2476 provides that federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements are sufficient to meet any pesticide warning or labeling requirements in Kansas. If a pesticide is registered under Kansas or federal law and its label reflects the most recent federal human health assessment or the EPA’s carcinogenicity classification for that pesticide, Kansas must treat that label as meeting state health and safety warning standards. The bill is framed as ensuring uniformity with federal law and is made supplemental to the existing Kansas Agricultural Chemical Act.
House Bill 2476 provides that federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements are sufficient to meet any pesticide warning or labeling requirements in Kansas. If a pesticide is registered under Kansas or federal law and its label reflects the most recent federal human health assessment or the EPA’s carcinogenicity classification for that pesticide, Kansas must treat that label as meeting state health and safety warning standards. The bill is framed as ensuring uniformity with federal law and is made supplemental to the existing Kansas Agricultural Chemical Act.
Why It Matters to MAHA
The MAHA Movement does not support this bill because it locks Kansas into federal minimum standards and prevents the state from requiring stronger, precautionary warnings based on emerging science or local health harms. By declaring federally approved labels automatically adequate for state purposes, HB 2476 undermines Kansas’ ability to demand clearer disclosures about chronic, low-dose, and combined pesticide risks to children, farmworkers, and rural communities.