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Senate Ag committee prints draft Right to Farm Act; bill would allow fee recovery and penalize repeat meritless complaints
Summary
The Idaho Senate Agricultural Committee voted to print RS 32027, a draft “Right to Farm” measure presented by Sen. Todd Lakey that would let lawfully operating agricultural producers recover attorney fees after prevailing in nuisance suits and impose escalating penalties for repeat meritless complaints to state or local agencies.
The Idaho Senate Agricultural Committee voted to print RS 32027, a draft Right to Farm Act, after a presentation by State Sen. Todd Lakey.
Lakey, a State Senator from District 23, told the committee the bill aims to protect lawfully operating agricultural producers from nuisance lawsuits and repeated, meritless complaints. “It’s not a shield for bad operators; it’s a protection for good operators,” he said, explaining the bill’s purpose and history dating to the 1980s.
The measure would let a lawfully operating agricultural producer who prevails in a nuisance lawsuit recover attorney’s fees from the nonprevailing party. Separately, the draft…
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