The Senate accepted and adopted the committee of conference report on S 45, an act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities, approved the measure by voice vote and directed the measure to the governor.

The conference report came up after the Senate suspended its rules to take up the report for immediate consideration. "At this time, I've moved that the senate suspend its rules in order to take up the conference report from S 45, commonly known as the right to farm bill," said the senator who moved the suspension. The motion to suspend rules carried on a voice vote.

The committee of conference report—distributed as a handout on the floor—was then presented for the Senate’s consideration. "Now that I have the report in front of me, I will attempt to go through this," said the senator who represented the Senate conferees. He thanked colleagues and described the conference process, saying the House made changes and the conferees negotiated to reach agreement. He summarized that the conference report includes an amendment labeled "S 45, C.1." The senator said the revised language specifies that a nuisance violation results from a negative operation of an agricultural activity and that, under Section 2, an agricultural activity must have "a substantial adverse effect on health, safety, or welfare based upon objective documented medical or scientific evidence that agricultural activity was approximate cause of the alleged effect." The senator added a separate standard: "a reasonable person would find that the agricultural activity was a approximate cause of noxious and significant interference with the use and enjoyment of the neighboring property."

The senator also described that the conferees viewed the reported bill as "not the ideal bill, but ... better than what's present statute," and said the conference committee approved the report by a 6-0 conference vote.

"I normally don't stand on every bill, but I wanted to thank the conference committee for coming to a conclusion that they did," said another senator, who identified the bill as the first she introduced in her current term and urged passage to bring it "to the governor's desk for Vermont farmers." After debate, the Senate voted by voice: "All in favor, say aye. Aye. All opposed, nay. The ayes have it." Officers then announced that the Senate had accepted and adopted the report and, by later voice vote, ordered the action messaged to the governor forthwith.

The Senate then recessed until 11 p.m. pending further action.

The record available on the Senate floor provides the conference report description and vote sequence but does not include the full enrolled bill text on the floor or further details about post-enactment implementation.