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Committee broadens agritourism definition and relaxes signage requirement
Summary
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved Senate Bill 22 64 to broaden the statutory definition of agritourism, add registration language for locations operated by agritourism professionals, and replace a numeric signage requirement with a requirement for plainly visible signage at attractions.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved Senate Bill 22 64 to widen the legal definition of agritourism activity and to change how attractions must be signed.
The committee chair explained the bill would expand agritourism activities and add language that agritourism be “conducted on a location registered by an agritourism professional.” The chair also said the measure adjusts liability-related language and replaces an old requirement that tentatively required a set number of signs with a plain visible signage standard.
“As we're dropping the requirement of at least ten signs per exhibit or attraction, we're just changing that to where it is a plain visible signage within each of those exhibits,” the committee chair said during the explanation.
Committee members did not record further debate in the transcript; the chair called for a motion and the committee approved the bill. The transcript references the statutory text at section numbers and line 85 for the signage change but does not include the full statutory language or a recorded vote tally.
The change adds a registration element for locations operated by agritourism professionals and simplifies signage expectations for attractions; the committee voted to report the bill out of committee.
