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PESTICIDE LIABILITY LIMITATION PASSES IN KENTUCKY
Apr. 9, 2026
Source: National Agricultural Law Center
Little Rock, AR -- Kentucky became the most recent state to pass a bill limiting liability for pesticide manufacturers after state lawmakers overrode the Governor's veto of SB 199.
Similar to bills passed in Georgia and North Dakota last year, SB 199 amends Kentucky law so that a federally registered pesticide label would be considered a "sufficient warning label" for any state law concerning the duty to warn. The law is intended to address lawsuits filed by plaintiffs in state court who argue that a pesticide manufacturer failed to warn consumers about health risks related to use of a particular pesticide, often when the federally registered label for the pesticide does not require such a warning.
Over the last decade, thousands such cases have been filed across the United States, specifically focused on the widely-used Roundup pesticides manufactured by Bayer. Following the passage of SB 199, pesticide manufacturers sued for failure to warn in the state of Kentucky will be able to rely on their federally registered pesticide labels as a complete defense.
For more information, click here to view NALC article "2026 Update on State Pesticide Liability Limitation Bills."
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