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Committee votes to print fence clarification RS32111 after sponsor says it codifies longstanding practice
Summary
Senator Mark Harris presented RS32111, proposing an addition to Title 35 clarifying responsibility for fences bordering federal allotments. The committee voted to print the request.
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted to print RS32111, a request from Senator Mark Harris to add language to Title 35 clarifying private landowners’ responsibility for fences that border federal land or allotments.
Senator Mark Harris (LD‑35) presented RS32111, telling the committee the text aims to codify an existing practice: private landowners who border federal land and allotments are responsible for building and maintaining fences to keep livestock off adjoining private ground. Harris said a lawsuit last year brought the issue into focus and that the RS would add statutory clarification.
Committee members asked brief clarifying questions about the bill’s purpose and scope. Senator Van Orden moved to send RS32111 to print; Senator Taylor seconded. The committee voice‑voted to print the RS and the chair ordered it printed. No roll‑call or fiscal details were recorded in the transcript.
The RS, if printed and later introduced as a bill, would add the proposed language to Title 35 to clarify fence responsibility where private land abuts federal allotments.
