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House approves bill asserting residents’ right to grow and keep homegrown food, citing Wickard debate
Summary
House passed HB 198 (53–16), a bill supporters framed as protecting individuals’ rights to grow, store and keep food and as a pushback on federal Commerce Clause doctrine (Wickard v. Filburn); supporters said it preserves state authority while involving the Department of Agriculture for infestation concerns.
The Utah House passed House Bill 198 to clarify and protect residents’ rights to grow, keep and store their own food. Representative Harrod, sponsor of the bill, said it guarantees people’s ability to produce and retain personal food supplies and pushes back against broad Commerce Clause…
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