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Senate concurs in House amendments to H.484; farm-donation provision removed
Summary
The Senate concurred with the House proposal of amendment to H.484 (miscellaneous agricultural subjects), including the removal of a section that would have allowed farms to donate up to $2,000 of product to preserve current-use status; senators said they intend to revisit the change in the next biennium.
The Vermont Senate concurred in the House proposal of amendment to H.484, a bill addressing miscellaneous agricultural subjects, after a brief floor statement noting a removed provision related to farm donations.
During floor remarks, the Senator from Essex said the House removed section 5 of the bill, which had allowed farms to donate up to $2,000 of product to remain in current use. The senator described the provision as "a good part of that bill" and said conferees plan to "take it up on the next biennium" and, if possible, pursue it further then. The senator also said the committee recommended concurrence by a 5-0-0 vote.
The Senate voted by voice; the presiding officer announced, "The ayes have it," and the Senate concurred in the House proposal of amendment. The Senate subsequently suspended rules to message the action on H.484 to the House forthwith.
Floor remarks acknowledged the change came from House action and that the Senate's conferees accepted the amendment for now. No numeric roll-call tally or further floor debate on the policy merits of the removed section appears in the transcript.
