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HB 1430 Right to Farm Act; expands definition of agricultural operations, etc.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Right to Farm Act. Expands the definition of agricultural operations to include the commerce of farm-to-business and farm-to-consumer sales as well as commerce in other related items. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an agricultural operation is in compliance with local zoning ordinances when it operates on property that is zoned agricultural. The bill contains a clause providing that the provisions of the bill shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 2014 Session of the General Assembly.
FULL TEXT
- 12/20/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101109D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104491D-H1 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/20/12 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101109D
- 12/20/12 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/13 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture
- 01/28/13 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/13 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/13 House: Committee substitute printed 13104491D-H1
- 01/31/13 House: Read first time
- 02/01/13 House: Read second time
- 02/01/13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 13104491D-H1
- 02/01/13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1430H1
- 02/04/13 House: Read third time and passed House (77-Y 22-N 1-A)
- 02/04/13 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (77-Y 22-N 1-A)
- 02/05/13 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/13 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/14/13 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N)