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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2809
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
State Department of Agriculture)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: This Act increases the upper limit on the fee to register a pesticide. (Flesch Readability
Score: 63.4).
Increases the upper limit on pesticide registration fees.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pesticide registration fees; creating new provisions; amending ORS 634.016; and pre-
scribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 634.016 is amended to read:
634.016. (1) Every pesticide, including each formula or formulation, manufactured, compounded,
delivered, distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state shall be registered each year
with the State Department of Agriculture.
(2) Every device manufactured, delivered, distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this
state shall be registered each year with the department.
(3) The registration shall be made by the manufacturer or a distributor of the pesticide.
(4) The application for registration shall include:
(a) The name and address of the registrant.
(b) The name and address of the manufacturer if different than the registrant.
(c) The brand name or trademark of the pesticide.
(d) A specimen or facsimile of the label of each pesticide, and each formula or formulation, for
which registration is sought, except for annual renewals of the registration when the label remains
unchanged.
(e) The correct name and total percentage of each active ingredient.
(f) The total percentage of inert ingredients.
(5) The application for registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be established
by the department for each pesticide and each formula or formulation. The registration fee may not
exceed [$400] $550 for each such pesticide, or each formula or formulation.
(6) The department, at the time of application for registration of any pesticide or after a decla-
ration of a ground water management area under ORS 468B.180 may:
(a) Restrict or limit the manufacture, delivery, distribution, sale or use of any pesticide in this
state.
(b) Refuse to register any pesticide that is highly toxic for which there is no effective antidote
under the conditions of use for which such pesticide is intended or recommended.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 403 HB2809
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(c) Refuse to register any pesticide for use on a crop for which no finite tolerances for residues
of such pesticide have been established by either the department or the federal government.
(d) In restricting the purposes for which pesticides may be manufactured, delivered, distributed,
sold or used, or in refusing to register any pesticide, give consideration to:
(A) The damage to health or life of humans or animals, or detriment to the environment, that
might result from the distribution and use of such pesticide.
(B) Authoritative findings and recommendations of agencies of the federal government and of
any advisory committee or group established under ORS 634.306 (10).
(C) The existence of an effective antidote under known conditions of use for which the material
is intended or recommended.
(D) Residual or delayed toxicity of the material.
(E) The extent to which a pesticide or its carrying agent simulates by appearance and may be
mistaken for human food or animal feed.
(7) The provisions of this section shall not, except as provided herein, apply to:
(a) The use and purchase of pesticides by the federal government or its agencies.
(b) The sale or exchange of pesticides between manufacturers and distributors.
(c) Drugs, chemicals or other preparations sold or intended for medicinal or toilet purposes or
for use in the arts or sciences.
(d) Common carriers, contract carriers or public warehousemen delivering or storing pesticides,
except as provided in ORS 634.322.
SECTION 2. (1) The amendments to ORS 634.016 by section 1 of this 2025 Act become
operative on January 1, 2026.
(2) The State Department of Agriculture may take any actions before the operative date
specified in subsection (1) of this section that are necessary to enable the department, on
and after the operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section, to carry out the
amendments to ORS 634.016 by section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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