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Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee recommends S45 with amendment to shield farmers from nuisance suits
Summary
On May 27, 2025, the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee voted 7-1 to recommend S45, draft 3.2, with amendments intended to provide protection from nuisance suits for agricultural operations; the measure was reported favorably to the House with one dissenting vote.
The House Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee on May 27, 2025 voted to recommend S45, draft 3.2, with amendments intended to provide farmers protection from nuisance suits. The committee recorded seven votes in favor and one opposed on the motion to report the bill with amendments.
Committee members said they had reviewed earlier drafts of the bill over several weeks, produced a committee amendment and shared a straw draft with the House Judiciary Committee, which returned the bill to the agriculture committee for action. The version voted on, labeled 3.2 and dated May 27, 2025, is identical to the committee's prior language except that the caption directs the measure to the House of Representatives rather than to the Judiciary Committee.
The clerk called the roll on the favorable-with-amendment motion. The recorded votes were: Michelle Boslin, yes; Gregory Burt, yes; Chad Lipsky, yes; Representative Leland Morgan, yes; Richard Nelson, yes; John O'Brien, yes; David Durfee (chair), yes; Heather Supernaw, no. The tally reported was seven yes, one no, zero abstentions. The committee chair was designated as the reporter for the measure.
Committee members noted the bill’s path through committees and said they would report the committee action as required. No further amendments were made on the floor during this committee session.
