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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3915
Sponsored by Representative HUDSON
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 tells ODA to make a model low-impact pesticide list. (Flesch Readability Score:
64.9).
Directs the State Department of Agriculture to develop and maintain a model list of low-impact
pesticides for use with school integrated pest management plans.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to low-impact pesticides; amending ORS 634.705; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 634.705 is amended to read:
634.705. (1) The governing body responsible for a school shall adopt an integrated pest manage-
ment plan for use on the campuses of the school. The governing body shall also adopt provisions for:
(a) Designating an integrated pest management plan coordinator;
(b) Identifying plan coordinator responsibilities;
(c) Giving notices under ORS 634.740;
(d) Retaining pesticide application records under ORS 634.750;
(e) Providing a process for responding to inquiries and complaints about noncompliance with the
integrated pest management plan; and
(f) Conducting outreach to the school community about the school’s integrated pest management
plan.
(2) If a governing body has control over only part of a building, a structure or property where
a campus is located, the governing body may limit an integrated pest management plan to those
parts of the building, structure or property over which the governing body exerts substantial con-
trol.
(3) A governing body is not required to adopt an integrated pest management plan for off-campus
buildings, structures or property, notwithstanding any incidental use for instruction.
(4) Unless a governing body expressly provides otherwise, the application of a germicide,
disinfectant, sanitizer, deodorizer, antimicrobial agent or insecticidal soap at a campus is not subject
to the requirements for a pesticide application under an integrated pest management plan. However,
this subsection does not permit the application at a campus of a germicide, disinfectant, sanitizer,
deodorizer, antimicrobial agent or insecticidal soap that is a pesticide in a manner that is incon-
sistent with the goal of the integrated pest management plan.
(5) A governing body shall adopt a list of low-impact pesticides for use with the integrated pest
management plan. The governing body may include any product on the list except products that:
(a) Contain a pesticide product or active ingredient that has the signal words “warning” or
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.
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“danger” on the label;
(b) Contain a pesticide product classified as a human carcinogen or probable human carcinogen
under the United States Environmental Protection Agency 1986 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk As-
sessment; or
(c) Contain a pesticide product classified as carcinogenic to humans or likely to be carcinogenic
to humans under the United States Environmental Protection Agency 2003 Draft Final Guidelines
for Carcinogen Risk Assessment.
(6)(a) The State Department of Agriculture shall develop and maintain a model list of
low-impact pesticides. The purpose of the model list is to provide a resource to governing
bodies with examples of low-impact pesticides that governing bodies may use to satisfy the
requirements of ORS 634.700 to 634.750.
(b) A governing body may consult the model list and, at the discretion of the governing
body, include some or all of the pesticides included on the model list on the list of low-impact
pesticides adopted by the governing body under subsection (5) of this section.
SECTION 2. 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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