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Senate debates bill to narrow service-provider access to agricultural workers
Summary
Senators debated Senate Bill 128 on the Senate floor March 7, 2025. Supporters said the measure narrowly responds to a U.S. Supreme Court decision; opponents warned it could reduce access to food, health care and legal services for farmworkers and raised questions about the bill's property definitions.
Senators debated Senate Bill 128 on March 7, 2025, a bill that would repeal certain statutory protections governing an employer's interference with an agricultural employee's access to service providers on employer property. Senator Lisonbee moved the bill for third reading and final passage, prompting floor remarks from multiple senators for and against the measure.
The bill drew support from sponsors and other lawmakers who framed it as a constitutionally required fix to conform state law to recent U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence. "This is a bill about doing our constitutional responsibility, as legislators to respond to what the courts tell us about our laws," Senator Roberts said, urging an "I" vote and calling the changes a "narrowly tailored fix."
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