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HB 1135 — An Act amending the act of March 1, 1974 (P.L.90, No.24), known as the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973, providing for prohibited pesticides.

Congress · introduced 2025-04-21

Latest action: — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, April 21, 2025

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  1. · house — Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND UTILITIES, April 21, 2025

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Bill text

Printer's No. 1420 · 2,254 characters · source document

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PRINTER'S NO.   1420

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1135
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY MIHALEK, SHUSTERMAN, ROWE, SCIALABBA, O'MARA,
        MAJOR, FLEMING, HOGAN, WARNER, KAIL, LABS, LEADBETER, GLEIM,
        BOROWSKI, BENHAM, METZGAR, SAPPEY, GIRAL, SANCHEZ, KULIK,
        GAYDOS, NEILSON, KAUFFMAN, OTTEN, RIVERA, GREEN, KERWIN,
        WEBSTER, BANTA AND PUGH, APRIL 21, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGY AND
        UTILITIES, APRIL 21, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of March 1, 1974 (P.L.90, No.24), entitled "An
 2      act relating to the labeling, distribution, storage,
 3      transportation, use, application and disposal of pesticides
 4      and devices; providing for registration and examination of
 5      such materials; the licensing of pesticide dealers and pest
 6      management consultants and imposing penalties," providing for
 7      prohibited pesticides.
 8      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 9   hereby enacts as follows:
10      Section 1.    The act of March 1, 1974 (P.L.90, No.24), known
11   as the Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973, is amended by
12   adding a section to read:
13      Section 27.1.    Prohibited Pesticides.--(a)   It shall be
14   unlawful to use, or cause the use of, paraquat as a pesticide
15   in this Commonwealth.
16      (b)   As used in this section:
17      "CAS number" means the unique accession number assigned by
18   the Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American
1   Chemical Society, as of the effective date of this section, to a
2   substance.
3      "Paraquat" means the chemical with CAS number 4685-14-7 and
4   any salt of that chemical, including methyl viologen (CAS number
5   1910-42-5) and paraquat bismethylsulfate (CAS number 2074-50-2).
6      Section 2.   All regulations are abrogated to the extent of
7   any inconsistency with this act.
8      Section 3.   This act shall take effect in one year.




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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Natalie Mihalek (R, state_lower PA-40)sponsor0—5
2Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60)cosponsor0—1
3Alec J. Ryncavage (R, state_lower PA-119)cosponsor0—1
4Anita ASTORINO Kulik (D, state_lower PA-45)cosponsor0—1
5Barbara Gleim (R, state_lower PA-199)cosponsor0—1
6Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153)cosponsor0—1
7Brenda M. Pugh (R, state_lower PA-120)cosponsor0—1
8Brian Munroe (D, state_lower PA-144)cosponsor0—1
9Carl WALKER Metzgar (R, state_lower PA-69)cosponsor0—1
10Christina D. Sappey (D, state_lower PA-158)cosponsor0—1
11Craig Williams (R, state_lower PA-160)cosponsor0—1
12Dan K. Williams (D, state_lower PA-74)cosponsor0—1
13Danielle Friel Otten (D, state_lower PA-155)cosponsor0—1
14David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85)cosponsor0—1
15Ed Neilson (D, state_lower PA-174)cosponsor0—1
16Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20)cosponsor0—1
17G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190)cosponsor0—1
18Jacob D. Banta (R, state_lower PA-4)cosponsor0—1
19Jamie Walsh (R, state_lower PA-117)cosponsor0—1
20Jared G. Solomon (D, state_lower PA-202)cosponsor0—1
21Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133)cosponsor0—1
22Jen Mazzocco (D, state_lower PA-42)cosponsor0—1
23Jennifer O'Mara (D, state_lower PA-165)cosponsor0—1
24Jessica Benham (D, state_lower PA-36)cosponsor0—1
25Joe Hogan (R, state_lower PA-142)cosponsor0—1

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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  1. 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology And Utilities Committee · pa-leg

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