House File 400 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 400 BY ANDERSON A BILL FOR An Act providing labeling requirements for household hazardous 1 plants, and making penalties applicable. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2464HH (1) 88 gh/rn

H.F. 400 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 455F.8C Household hazardous plants 1 —— label requirements. 2 1. For purposes of this section: 3 a. “Household hazardous plant” means a plant or plant 4 product, designated by rule of the department of natural 5 resources, which is used for residential purposes and which 6 may produce personal injury or illness to humans or animals if 7 ingested or consumed. 8 b. “Label” means a written, printed, or graphic notice or 9 statement on the immediate container of a household hazardous 10 plant. 11 2. A person shall not distribute, sell, or offer for 12 retail sale in the state a household hazardous plant unless 13 the plant bears a label containing a warning or caution 14 statement prominently displayed thereon, in accordance with 15 rules prescribed by the department, identifying the plant as a 16 hazardous household plant which may produce injury or illness 17 if ingested or consumed. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill prohibits a person from distributing, selling, or 22 offering for retail sale in the state a household hazardous 23 plant unless the plant bears a label containing a prominent 24 warning or caution statement, in accordance with rules 25 prescribed by the department of natural resources identifying 26 the plant as a hazardous household plant which may produce 27 injury or illness if ingested or consumed. The bill defines 28 “household hazardous plant” to mean a plant or plant product, 29 designated by the department, which is used for residential 30 purposes and which may produce personal injury or illness to 31 humans or animals if ingested or consumed. 32 Pursuant to Code section 455F.10, a person who violates the 33 bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor 34 is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine 35 -1- LSB 2464HH (1) 88 gh/rn 1/ 2

H.F. 400 of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both. 1 -2- LSB 2464HH (1) 88 gh/rn 2/ 2