Right to Farm Laws/Strengthen/Expand Protections
- Introduced Apr 3, 2025
- In committee Apr 3, 2025
- Passed the Senate Next
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
This Act strengthens Delaware’s existing Right to Farm laws by expanding protections for agricultural operations against nuisance lawsuits. Specifically, this Act removes the current requirement that an agricultural operation have existed for 1 year or more in order to benefit from statutory protections against nuisance suits. Under this Act, an agricultural operation cannot be deemed a nuisance as long as it is…
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This Act strengthens Delaware’s existing Right to Farm laws by expanding protections for agricultural operations against nuisance lawsuits. Specifically, this Act removes the current requirement that an agricultural operation have existed for 1 year or more in order to benefit from statutory protections against nuisance suits. Under this Act, an agricultural operation cannot be deemed a nuisance as long as it is operating in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal requirements and is not being conducted in a negligent or improper manner. This protection cannot be used against a federal, state, or local agency that is enforcing air, water quality, or other environmental standards under federal, state, or local law. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Every action
1 step, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Agriculture Committee in Senate · Senate Agriculture
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 6 cosponsors: 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat.
- RH Russell HuxtableD Primary sponsor · District 6
- DL David L. WilsonR Joint sponsor · District 18
- WJ William J. CarsonD Joint sponsor · District 28
- JR Jesse R. VanderwendeR Joint sponsor · District 35
All 6 cosponsors
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