Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a private federal right of action against pesticide registrants for injuries caused by pesticides and reorganizes sections of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to add this new remedy.
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- Families and individuals: People whose person or property is harmed by a pesticide could sue a pesticide registrant in federal district court for monetary damages, including compensatory and, at the court's discretion, punitive damages.
- Pesticide registrants: Manufacturers and registrants would face federal civil suits and possible punitive awards, but plaintiffs could not recover attorney’s fees or court costs under the federal claim.
- States and state-law claims: The bill preserves state-law claims by explicitly saying the new federal cause of action does not preempt state claims, so plaintiffs could pursue both federal and state remedies.
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New federal pesticide lawsuit right
If enacted, any person whose body or property is injured by a pesticide could sue the pesticide registrant in Federal district court for money damages. You could recover compensatory damages, and a court could award punitive damages. You could not recover attorney’s fees or court costs under this federal claim. This would not stop you from also bringing state-law pesticide claims.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
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Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
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