S. 2324

Summary

S. 2324, the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 17, 2025 by Sen. Cory Booker (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry, and last saw action on Jul 17, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Record

Text

S. 2324 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 S2324 IS: Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-17
 text/xml
 EN
 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2324
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  July 17, 2025
  Mr. Booker  introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
  Forestry
  A BILL
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to
  establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, and for other
  purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025  .
2.
Private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. ) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating sections 34 and 35 ( 7 U.S.C. 136x , 136y) as sections 35 and 36, respectively; and
(2)
by inserting after section 33 ( 7 U.S.C. 136w–8 ) the following:
34.
Private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides
(a)
In general
Any person the property or person of which is injured by a pesticide may bring a civil action in Federal district court against a registrant of the pesticide for monetary damages for injury to the property or person caused by the pesticide.
(b)
Recoverable damages
Monetary damages that may be recovered in a civil action under subsection (a)—
(1)
include compensatory and punitive damages, at the discretion of the court; and
(2)
do not include attorney's fees or court costs.
(c)
Effect
Nothing in this section shall preempt any State law claim.
  .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Cory Booker (D) sponsors S. 2324, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Cory Booker

Sen. · D–NJ · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 17, 2025

Edward Markey

Sen. · D–MA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 9, 2026

Show 2 of 2 rows

PreviousNext

Committees

S. 2324 went before 1 committee: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Referred To · Jul 17, 2025 · 334 Bills

Actions

S. 2324 has taken 2 actions since Jul 17, 2025.

Votes

S. 2324 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2324 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Pesticide Injury Accountability Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to establish a private right of action for injuries caused by pesticides, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 13 registered lobbyists who named S. 2324 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Automotive Industry, Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2324 under Environmental Protection, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2324’s is Environmental Protection.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com