Illinois HB 3844: PESTICIDES-OPERATOR REGULATION

Status: Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026 (as of 2026-05-22)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 3844

Sponsors: Don Harmon, Kevin John Olickal, Camille Y. Lilly, Hoan Huynh, Julie A. Morrison, Sonya M. Harper

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HB3844 EngrossedLRB104 10167 BDA 20239 b

1 AN ACT concerning safety.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The Illinois Pesticide Act is amended by 

5changing Sections 4, 12, and 14 as follows:

6 (415 ILCS 60/4) (from Ch. 5, par. 804)

7 Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:

8 1. "Director" means Director of the Illinois Department of 

9Agriculture or his authorized representative.

10 2. "Active Ingredient" means any ingredient which will 

11prevent, destroy, repel, control or mitigate a pest or which 

12will act as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.

13 3. "Adulterated" shall apply to any pesticide if the 

14strength or purity is not within the standard of quality 

15expressed on the labeling under which it is sold, distributed 

16or used, including any substance which has been substituted 

17wholly or in part for the pesticide as specified on the 

18labeling under which it is sold, distributed or used, or if any 

19valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in 

20part abstracted.

21 4. "Agricultural Commodity" means produce of the land, 

22including, but not limited to, plants and plant parts, 

23livestock and poultry and livestock or poultry products, 

HB3844 Engrossed- 2 -LRB104 10167 BDA 20239 b

1seeds, sod, shrubs and other products of agricultural origin 

2including the premises necessary to and used directly in 

3agricultural production. Agricultural commodity also includes 

4aquatic products, including any aquatic plants and animals or 

5their by-products that are produced, grown, managed, harvested 

6and marketed on an annual, se

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