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CS/CS/SB 304: Agritourism

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Community Affairs ; Stargel

Agritourism; Prohibiting a local government from enforcing a local ordinance, regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits, restricts, regulates, or otherwise limits an agritourism activity on lands classified as agricultural; specifying that the conduct of agritourism activity on a bona fide farm or on agricultural lands may not limit, restrict, or divest the land of that classification, provided that such lands remain used primarily for bona fide agricultural purposes, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 2/18/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2016-14) -SJ 417
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/17/2015 Senate • Filed
    10/6/2015 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 25
    10/26/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 11/02/15, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    11/2/2015 Senate • Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 125
    11/3/2015 Senate • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 125
    11/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 11/17/15, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
    11/17/2015 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 128
    11/18/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    11/19/2015 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Rules
    • Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy -SJ 124
    • Now in Fiscal Policy
    1/11/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/14/16, 10:45 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 25
    • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 112
    1/14/2016 Senate • CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 218
    1/15/2016 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 218
    • CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time -SJ 219
    2/11/2016 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/18/16
    2/18/2016 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 417
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 59 -SJ 417
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 59 (Ch. 2016-14) -SJ 417

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  • CS/CS/SB 304, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/15/2016 at 11:16 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 59 (er) Agritourism Combee, Raburn Similar Last Action: 3/9/2016 Chapter No. 2016-14
    Location: Became Law

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    570.85 Agritourism. Page 1 (pdf)
    570.86 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    570.87 Agritourism participation impact on land classification. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 304, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 11/18/2015 at 11:40 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/13/2016 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2016 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 59 (c2) Agritourism Combee, Raburn Similar Last Action: 3/9/2016 Chapter No. 2016-14
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    961272 - Amendment
    Delete lines 34 - 36 and insert:
    Fiscal Policy
    (Stargel)
    1/13/2016
    10:43 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/14/2016
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/14/2016 10:45 AM Fiscal Policy 9 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    570.85 Agritourism. Page 1 (pdf)
    570.86 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    570.87 Agritourism participation impact on land classification. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 304, Original Filed Version Posted 9/17/2015 at 8:44 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 10/30/2015 (pdf)
    Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 11/2/2015 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 11/16/2015 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 11/18/2015 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 59 (c1) Agritourism Combee, Raburn Compare Last Action: 3/9/2016 Chapter No. 2016-14
    Location: Became Law

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    408522 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Community Affairs
    (Bradley)
    11/16/2015
    1:12 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    11/17/2015
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 652776 - Amendment to Amendment (408522)
    Delete line 19 and insert:
    Community Affairs
    (Abruzzo)
    11/17/2015
    2:28 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    11/17/2015
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    11/2/2015 1:00 PM Agriculture 4 Yeas - 0 Nays
    11/17/2015 1:00 PM Community Affairs 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    570.85 Agritourism. Page 1 (pdf)

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