Mississippi House Bill 157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Right to farm; preserve right of farmers to use various techniques and methods without limitation.

Rep. Larry Byrd [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Agriculture

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0157.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0157IN.htm