Senate File 2050 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2050 BY JOCHUM A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the pesticide dicamba, making penalties 1 applicable, and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5048XS (2) 88 da/ns

S.F. 2050 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 206.33A Dicamba —— prohibition. 1 A person shall not offer for sale, sell, purchase, apply, or 2 use a pesticide containing dicamba in this state. 3 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 4 2021. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill amends Code chapter 206 regulating certain 9 pesticides, by prohibiting a person from offering for sale, 10 selling, purchasing, applying, or using the herbicide dicamba, 11 which is used to kill broad-leafed weeds. The prohibition 12 is effective January 1, 2021. The Code chapter currently 13 prohibits chlordane (Code section 206.32) and daminozide (Code 14 section 206.33). 15 A person violating the bill’s prohibition is guilty of 16 a serious misdemeanor (Code section 206.22). A serious 17 misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one 18 year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875. 19 -1- LSB 5048XS (2) 88 da/ns 1/ 1