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Senate Agriculture committee advances miscellaneous agricultural bill, S.323, on 5-0 vote
Summary
The Senate Agriculture committee voted unanimously to report draft 4.1 of Senate Bill 323 favorably. The miscellaneous bill includes technical corrections and provisions aimed at restoring authorities after a recent Supreme Court decision and adds protections for hemp growers; a solar-siting provision was removed.
The Senate Agriculture committee voted to report draft 4.1 of Senate Bill 323 favorably after committee members praised the bill’s technical fixes and protections for growers.
The committee chair, speaking at the start of the meeting, described the measure as a "miscellaneous bill" with "a lot of subject matter" and called its central achievement the restoration of authorities affected by a recent Supreme Court decision. The chair said the package includes technical corrections and measures intended to protect hemp growers, marketers and producers and credited work with multiple stakeholders for balancing city, town and farming interests. "The crown jewel of the bill is that after the Supreme Court decision,…
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