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Committee debates 'right to grow' language and whether to include rabbits in municipal agriculture bill
Summary
Members discussed adding a "right to grow plants" to H.941 and sparred over whether the statute should explicitly allow rabbits on small parcels, with some members citing cultural practices and others warning of regulatory and ecological risks.
Committee members on the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry committee revisited municipal-regulation language in H.941, weighing whether to adopt a broad "right to grow plants" and whether to explicitly allow rabbits on small parcels. The committee did not take a vote and agreed to continue the discussion at a later meeting.
Michelle, a committee member, said she "liked the way Carolyn framed" a right to grow plants but warned the phrase might not…
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