Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 18
Right to farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DECLARE THE POLICY OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO CONSERVE, PROTECT AND ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY MISSISSIPPIANS TO MAINTAIN A RIGHT TO FARM USING ALL GENERALLY ACCEPTED FARMING AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION PRACTICES, INCLUDING THE USE OF EVER-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE WITH REGARD TO PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THOSE RIGHTS; TO AMEND SECTION 95-3-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "AGRICULTURAL OPERATION" UNDER THE "FREEDOM TO FARM ACT" TO INCLUDE THE USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS; TO EXEMPT AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS FROM NUISANCE ACTIONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 3 to January 31, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
AgricultureJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 3 – Jan 31
- Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 3Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives