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House committee backs bill to strengthen Idahos Right to Farm law, sends SB 1033 to floor
Summary
The Idaho House Agricultural Affairs Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1033 to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation after testimony from farm groups and limited questions about how the measure treats repeat nuisance complaints and potential court costs.
Representative Judy Boyle, R-District 9, introduced Senate Bill 1033 to the Idaho House Agricultural Affairs Committee on March 10, asking the committee to "strengthen our right to farm bill, our right to farm act that we have in Idaho" to reduce nuisance lawsuits against agricultural operations.
The bill would revise the state's Right to Farm framework, Republican sponsors said, to provide additional protection against repeated complaints and nuisance litigation. Supporters told the committee the measure is intended to curb what they described as meritless or recurring complaints from people who "don't understand agriculture." Spencer Black, president of the Idaho…
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