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Utah's pest control law currently requires pesticide applicator businesses to designate a "qualifying party" — a certified applicator responsible for overseeing all staff — but this bill eliminates that requirement and replaces it with a new two-tiered permit system. Under the new structure, workers who apply lower-risk herbicides (those labeled "caution" or "warning") to lawns and ornamental plants can operate as "ornamental and turf technicians" by completing annual video training and working under indirect supervision of a licensed applicator, while workers who only solicit customers for pesticide services must obtain a separate "salesperson" permit with its own annual training requirement. The bill also removes a previous provision stating that pesticide applicators are not liable for injuries unless they were negligent, simplifies the fee structure for business registration, and requires the state agriculture department to report to a legislative committee by November 2026 on how it implements these new rules.