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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 809: Pest Control - 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.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 809 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pest Control - 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. Primary sponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): Sponsor(s) Added.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rusty GrillsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse77

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Sponsor(s) Added.
  2. Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
  3. Taken off notice for cal. in Judiciary Committee
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 1/21/2026
  7. Sponsor(s) Added.
  8. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to Second Calendar of 2026
  9. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/9/2025
  10. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/9/2025
  11. Action def. in Judiciary Committee to 4/02/2025
  12. Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/2/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source