SB 5784 - DIGEST

Finds that: The state's highly productive and efficient agriculture sector is composed predominately of family owned and managed farms and an industrious and efficient workforce; the supreme court has directed the department of labor and industries to initiate rule making regarding routine monitoring of agriculture workers who are exposed to certain pesticides.

Declares it is the intent of this act to guarantee that the safety and health of workers is protected, and this can best be accomplished through pilot project rule making to determine whether mandatory medical monitoring is beneficial to workers and feasible considering all of the technical requirements of such a regulation.