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Idaho committee advances bill to broaden 'right to farm' protections
Summary
The Idaho House Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1033 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after brief sponsor remarks and supportive testimony from agricultural groups concerned about nuisance claims.
Representative Judy Boyle, sponsor of Senate Bill 1033, told the Idaho House Agricultural Affairs Committee that the bill is intended to strengthen Idaho's Right to Farm Act and reduce nuisance lawsuits against agricultural operations. "This is to strengthen our right to farm bill, our right to farm act that we have in Idaho," Boyle said, adding the measure should "prevent some of the nuisance lawsuits that we see coming forward in complaints."
The bill drew supportive testimony from agricultural groups.…
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