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Senate Agriculture Committee sends 'Free the Chicken' bill to the floor with due pass recommendation
Summary
The Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1026 — which would prevent homeowners associations from outright banning backyard chickens (with limits and reasonable coop rules) — to the full Senate with a due pass recommendation. The bill does not change city or county poultry regulations or agricultural zoning.
Senate Bill 1026, a measure proponents called the “Free the Chicken Bill,” was sent to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation after testimony and public comment during the Idaho Senate Agriculture Committee meeting.
Senator Tammy Nichols (R-10), who presented the bill, said it is intended to protect homeowners’ property rights by preventing homeowners associations (HOAs) from imposing blanket bans on keeping a modest number of backyard chickens. “This bill ensures that homeowners and HOAs have the same rights as those not governed by HOAs to own a limited number of backyard chickens,” Nichols said. The bill would…
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