The Pingree-Massie Protect Our Health Amendment would remove this harmful language from the Farm Bill.
Remove chemical company liability protections and preemption of state and local pesticide warning-label and usage rules from the Farm Bill.
Occurrences
Our amendment to strike the pesticide liability shield sections from the Farm Bill has drawn broad bipartisan support, both within this chamber and across America.
Evidence
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Pingree said she led the effort to strip pesticide preemption language from the appropriations bill and warned the issue could return in the Farm Bill.
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Section 10205 imposes national uniformity for pesticide labeling and blocks states, localities, and courts from adding different labeling or warning requirements; Section 10206 bars local regulation of pesticide sale, distribution, labeling, application, or use.
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Congress.gov lists the bill status as Introduced, with latest House action being referral to the House Committee on Agriculture on 2026-02-13.
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H.R.7567 includes Section 10205 on pesticide labeling uniformity and liability limits, Section 10206 on local pesticide regulation preemption, and Section 10207 on lawful use of registered pesticides.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.7567 as introduced on February 13, 2026, referred to the House Agriculture Committee, with status Introduced and no later passage action shown.
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The House Appropriations committee print included Section 453, Pesticides, barring funds for guidance, regulatory action, or label changes inconsistent with EPA human-health or carcinogenicity conclusions.
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The enacted H.R.6938 text contains standard FIFRA pesticide fee provisions but no matching Section 453 rider language barring EPA label or regulatory actions inconsistent with prior assessments.
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Congress.gov shows H.R.6938 passed the House on January 8, 2026, passed the Senate on January 15, and became Public Law No. 119-74 on January 23, 2026.
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The House roll call for H.R.6938 shows the bill passed 397-28 and lists Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine voting Yea.
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The Guardian reported that Pingree led the effort to remove the appropriations rider, had earlier failed in committee, and warned similar language could return in the Farm Bill.
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Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2026 Time: 03:30pm Location: 318 Russell Senate Office Building Check back for live video of this hearing. ## Legislation S. ___, Agricultural Act of 2026
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The committee must advance this bill, and I look forward to doing so this week.
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Sec. 10205. Construction projects to support emergency plant health response efforts. Sec. 10206. Agriculture quarantine and inspection program reserve fee. Sec. 10207. Registration review. Sec. 10208. Office of Pest Management Policy. Sec. 10209. Coordination. Sec. 10210. Multiple crop and pesticide use survey. Sec. 10211. Office of Biotechnology Policy.
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S. ____, Agricultural Act of 2026, as an original bill, with amendments (Not Agreed to by Roll Call Vote: 10-11)
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Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Amendment Amendment Author: Luna of Florida Part B Amendment No. 28 Vote Type: Recorded Vote Status: Agreed to VOTES Aye: 280 No: 142
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I have a lot of concerns about this bill, but I’d like to use the limited time I have to show strong support for Representative Luna’s pesticide amendment. I am proud to say that her amendment, which was made in order, mirrors the language of the bipartisan amendment I sponsored with Representative Massie
Assessments
The verified commitment concerns Pingree's amendment to strike pesticide liability shield sections from the Farm Bill. Verified evidence shows she sponsored a bipartisan amendment with Rep. Massie and supported a related Luna amendment, establishing material effort. But the only verified outcome evidence shows the Senate Agricultural Act of 2026 was not agreed to in committee, and there is no verified evidence that the Farm Bill removal was enacted or finally achieved as of 2026-09-16. Because the process remains unresolved rather than failed after an expired deadline, the outcome is unresolved, with an effort badge.
As of June 18, 2026, the relevant House farm bill text still contains the pesticide-label uniformity and local-preemption provisions the promise sought to remove, and the bill had only been introduced and referred to committee rather than enacted. Pingree appears to have made a serious, related effort by helping strip similar pesticide-industry protections from an appropriations measure, but that did not yet deliver the specific promised outcome of removing those protections from the Farm Bill itself. Because she remains in office and the farm-bill process is still unfinished, this is best scored as unresolved rather than delivered or fully failed.