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Committee lays over bill to add reporting on farmland down-payment assistance
Summary
The Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee laid over House File 2,784, a bill that would require a data report on the Farmland Down Payment Assistance Program to show who is accessing beginning farmer loans.
House File 2,784, a bill to require a data report for the Farmland Down Payment Assistance Program, was laid over for possible inclusion in a future omnibus bill by the Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee.
The bill was introduced and moved by Representative Behn, who told the committee the measure would require a report on who is accessing the beginning farmer loan program. "Oftentimes, barriers of entries to new and beginning farmers are first land access and then second financial capital," Representative Behn said while describing the bill’s purpose.
Representative Behn told the committee the data report would help lawmakers evaluate whether current programs are helping the next generation of farmers and where gaps remain. There was no public testimony for or against the bill during the hearing, and no members requested further debate before Representative Behn renewed the motion to lay the bill over.
The motion to lay House File 2,784 over for possible inclusion prevailed and the bill was recorded as laid over. No vote tally was recorded in the transcript. The committee moved on to other bills on the calendar.
