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<leg xml:space="preserve" billnum="HB0456" sponsor="Tyler Clancy" designation="HB" otherSponsor="" otherHouse="Senate" sess="2026GS" fileno="2026FL1326" date="2/2/2026 11:02:60" printDate="02-02 11:34" subVer="0" minVer="0" office="LEGISLATIVE GENERAL COUNSEL" actionDate="" impact="code"><info><nextbuid>6</nextbuid><aminfo anum="0" effdate="05/06/2026"><seclist><sect action="E" src="code" buid="3" uid="C4-14-S112_2026050620260506" sort="04 14 01120020260506" mtype="section" effdate="05/06/2026">4-14-112</sect><sect src="uncod" untype="effdate" buid="5" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" mtype="uncod" effdate="05/06/2026"/></seclist></aminfo></info><tbox><sinfo><nextpairid>0</nextpairid></sinfo><st numlevel="1" lineno="1" slineno="0-1">Pesticide Amendments</st><sessionhead>2026 GENERAL SESSION</sessionhead><statehead>STATE OF UTAH</statehead><sponsorhead>Chief Sponsor: Tyler Clancy</sponsorhead><otherSponsorhead>Senate Sponsor: </otherSponsorhead></tbox><lt numlevel="1" lineno="2" slineno="0-2"><lthead lineno="3">LONG TITLE</lthead><gdhead lineno="4">General Description:</gdhead><gd numlevel="1" lineno="5" slineno="0-5">This bill modifies provisions related to application of pesticides. </gd><hphead lineno="6">Highlighted Provisions:</hphead><hp numlevel="1" lineno="7" slineno="0-7">This bill:<hl numlevel="1" lineno="8" slineno="0-8" level="1">addresses application of pesticides near an elementary or secondary school.</hl></hp><moni numlevel="1" lineno="9" slineno="0-9" display="none">Money Appropriated in this Bill:</moni><moniNone lineno="10">None</moniNone><oc numlevel="1" lineno="11" slineno="0-11">Other Special Clauses:</oc><ocNone lineno="12">None</ocNone><sa numlevel="1" lineno="13" slineno="0-13">Utah Code Sections Affected:<saent numlevel="1" lineno="14" slineno="0-14"><snhead>ENACTS:</snhead><sn num="4-14-112" src="code" uid="C4-14-S112_2026050620260506" buid="3" sort="04 14 01120020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="15" slineno="0-15"><bold>4-14-112</bold>, Utah Code Annotated 1953</sn></saent></sa></lt><enacthead lineno="16"/><enact numlevel="1" lineno="17" slineno="0-17">Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:</enact><bdy><bsec buid="3" num="4-14-112" type="enact" src="code" uid="C4-14-S112_2026050620260506" sort="04 14 01120020260506" numlevel="1" lineno="18" slineno="1-1" sn="1"><section numlevel="1" lineno="19" slineno="1-2" number="4-14-112" type="enact"><secline lineno="18">Section 1. Section <bold>4-14-112</bold> is enacted to read:</secline><catline lineno="19"><bold>4-14-112<parens/>. Prohibited application near schools.</bold></catline><subsection ssid="3-1" dnum="_-o:1-i" numlevel="1" lineno="20" slineno="1-3" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1" placement="noreturn"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1000" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(1)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="66" groupid="47" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">As used in this section:</amend><subsection ssid="3-20" dnum="_-o:a-i" numlevel="1" lineno="21" slineno="1-4" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1001" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="77" groupid="56" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">"Boundary of a school" means the boundary of:</amend><subsection ssid="3-22" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="22" slineno="1-5" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1002" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="84" groupid="62" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">the parcel of real property, whether fenced or unfenced, on which is located a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="23" slineno="1-6"/>public or private elementary school or a secondary school, including a public or <ln numlevel="1" lineno="24" slineno="1-7"/>private driveway, street, sidewalk or walkway, parking lot, or parking garage on <ln numlevel="1" lineno="25" slineno="1-8"/>the real property; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-23" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="26" slineno="1-9" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1003" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="87" groupid="64" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">a parcel of real property that is owned or leased by a local education agency or <ln numlevel="1" lineno="27" slineno="1-10"/>private school on which instruction, an extracurricular activity, or training of a <ln numlevel="1" lineno="28" slineno="1-11"/>public or private elementary school or secondary school is conducted.</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-21" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="29" slineno="1-12" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1004" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="82" groupid="60" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">"Perfluoroalkyl substance" or "polyfluoroalkyl substance" means a class of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="30" slineno="1-13"/>fluorinated chemicals that contains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-3" dnum="_-o:2-i" numlevel="1" lineno="31" slineno="1-14" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1" space="false"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1005" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(2)</amend></display><subsection ssid="3-34" dnum="_-o:a-i" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2" placement="sameline"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1006" style="1" owner="i" level="1">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="144" groupid="109" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">A person may not apply a pesticide listed in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="4-14-112(2)(b)">(2)(b)</xref> within 1,000 feet of <ln numlevel="1" lineno="32" slineno="1-15"/>the boundary of a school.</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-6" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="33" slineno="1-16" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1007" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="21" groupid="15" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">The 1,000-feet prohibition of this Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="4-14-112(2)">(2)</xref> applies to:</amend><subsection ssid="3-7" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="34" slineno="1-17" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1008" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="24" groupid="17" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">paraquat dichlorate;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-8" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="35" slineno="1-18" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1009" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="27" groupid="19" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">atrazine;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-15" dnum="_-o:iii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="36" slineno="1-19" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1010" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(iii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="52" groupid="36" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">dicamba;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-9" dnum="_-o:iv-i" numlevel="1" lineno="37" slineno="1-20" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1011" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(iv)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="30" groupid="21" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">chlorpyrifos;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-10" dnum="_-o:v-i" numlevel="1" lineno="38" slineno="1-21" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1012" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(v)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="33" groupid="23" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">2,4-dichloroacetic acid;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-11" dnum="_-o:vi-i" numlevel="1" lineno="39" slineno="1-22" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1013" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(vi)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="36" groupid="25" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">glyphosate;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-16" dnum="_-o:vii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="40" slineno="1-23" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1014" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(vii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="57" groupid="40" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">diquat dibromide;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-12" dnum="_-o:viii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="41" slineno="1-24" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1015" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(viii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="39" groupid="27" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">perfluoroalkyl substance; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-13" dnum="_-o:ix-i" numlevel="1" lineno="42" slineno="1-25" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1016" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ix)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="42" groupid="29" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">polyfluoroalkyl substance.</amend></subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-19" dnum="_-o:3-i" numlevel="1" lineno="43" slineno="1-26" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1" space="false"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1017" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(3)</amend></display><subsection ssid="3-26" dnum="_-o:a-i" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2" placement="sameline"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1018" style="1" owner="i" level="1">(a)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="105" groupid="78" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">A person may apply a pesticide that is not prohibited by Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="4-14-112(2)">(2)</xref> to <ln numlevel="1" lineno="44" slineno="1-27"/>property that is within 1,000 feet of the boundary of a school only if the person posts <ln numlevel="1" lineno="45" slineno="1-28"/>signs notifying of the application of a pesticide on the property:</amend><subsection ssid="3-24" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="46" slineno="1-29" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3" tab="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1019" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="95" groupid="70" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">72 hours before the application of the pesticide; and</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-25" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="47" slineno="1-30" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3" tab="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1020" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="100" groupid="74" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">for 72 hours after the application of the pesticide.</amend></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-27" dnum="_-o:b-i" numlevel="1" lineno="48" slineno="1-31" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="2"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1021" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(b)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="109" groupid="81" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">This Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="4-14-112(3)">(3)</xref> does not apply to the application of:</amend><subsection ssid="3-28" dnum="_-o:i-i" numlevel="1" lineno="49" slineno="1-32" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1022" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(i)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="114" groupid="85" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">biopesticides;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-29" dnum="_-o:ii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="50" slineno="1-33" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1023" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(ii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="119" groupid="89" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">antimicrobials;</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-30" dnum="_-o:iii-i" numlevel="1" lineno="51" slineno="1-34" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1024" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(iii)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="124" groupid="93" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">microbicides; or</amend></subsection><subsection ssid="3-31" dnum="_-o:iv-i" numlevel="1" lineno="52" slineno="1-35" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="3"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1025" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(iv)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="129" groupid="97" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">virucides.</amend></subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection ssid="3-33" dnum="_-o:4-i" numlevel="1" lineno="53" slineno="1-36" ea="amend" anum="0" owner="jchristopherson" style="1" level="1"><display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1026" style="1" owner="i" level="1" amendtag="start">(4)</amend></display><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="137" groupid="104" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="end">For the purposes of this section, a person shall measure distances from the point on the <ln numlevel="1" lineno="54" slineno="1-37"/>property boundary of a school closest to the property on which the pesticide is being <ln numlevel="1" lineno="55" slineno="1-38"/>applied to the area of the property on which the pesticide is being applied.</amend></subsection></section></bsec><bsec buid="5" type="uncod" untype="effdate" src="uncod" uid="EF0000" sort="UZEFF" langlock="true" numlevel="1" lineno="56" slineno="2-1" sn="2"><section type="uncod" untype="effdate" display="false" src="uncod"><secline lineno="56">Section 2.  <bold>Effective Date.</bold></secline><sectionText lineno="57"><amend anum="0" ea="amend" pairid="1" groupid="1" style="1" owner="jchristopherson" level="1" amendtag="both">This bill takes effect on <effdate uid="code" date="5/6/2026">May 6, 2026</effdate>.</amend></sectionText></section></bsec></bdy><foot><rev><tm>2-2-26 11:34 AM</tm></rev></foot></leg>