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House adopts conference report on Senate Bill 45 on agricultural nuisance protections

May 30, 2025 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont


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House adopts conference report on Senate Bill 45 on agricultural nuisance protections
The House of Representatives suspended its rules and adopted the Committee of Conference report on Senate Bill 45, an act "relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities," then suspended rules again to message the House's action to the Senate forthwith.

The Member from Poultney moved to suspend the rules to take up Senate Bill 45 for immediate consideration. The motion carried by voice vote and the House then considered the Committee of Conference report. The committee met on the disagreeing votes of the two chambers and "recommends that the House adopt its report," which the first assistant clerk emailed to members at 09:02 that evening, the presiding officer said.

The Member from Shaftesbury said she was "not certain that the correct version is posted on the committee web page" and noted that the version emailed to members earlier that evening was the correct one. She told members the committee had met "this afternoon and this evening and agreed to this amendment," describing it as "a fairly small change, to one section of the bill" that added clarity around when nuisance protection for agricultural activities would not apply if a neighbor's claim met a heightened standard of egregiousness.

After brief remarks, the House adopted the report of the Committee of Conference by voice vote; the presiding officer announced that the ayes had it. The Member from Poultney then moved to suspend the rules to message the House's action on S 45 to the Senate forthwith; that motion also carried by voice vote.

The transcript shows the committee exchange and the adoption occurred during the same floor session; paper copies of the amendment were made available at the main table and the amendment was posted on the House overview webpage, according to the clerk's announcement.

No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript; outcomes reported in the proceeding were by voice vote: the motions to suspend rules, the adoption of the Committee of Conference report, and the motion to message the Senate all were declared carried by the presiding officer.

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