S.45 (Act 61)
An act relating to protection from nuisance suits for agricultural activities
Sponsors:
Sen. Samuel Douglass
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Sen. Scott Beck, Sen. Patrick Brennan, Sen. Randolph Brock, Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Brian Collamore, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Wendy Harrison, Sen. Larry Hart, Sen. Steven Heffernan, Sen. Virginia Lyons, Sen. Joseph Major, Sen. Christopher Mattos, Sen. Robert Norris, Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. David Weeks, Sen. Richard Westman, Sen. Rebecca White, Sen. Terry Williams
Location: House Committee on Judiciary
Last Recorded Action: 6/13/2025 - Senate Message: Signed by Governor June 12, 2025
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
Committee of Conference
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Becky Castle, Owner, Sisters of Anarchy Icecream
- Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Heather Darby, Associate Professor, UVM Extension, Founding Member Northern Grain Growers Association
- Paul Doton, Dairy Farmer and Board Chair, Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance
- John Echeverria, Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School
- Josh Faulkner, Director, UVM Agricultural and Environmental Testing Lab, UVM Extension
- Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Ellen Howrigan, Farmer, HJ & A Howrigan & Sons, Inc.
- Frank Kampf, Bull Shed Farm, Cabot
- Maddie Kempner, Policy Director, NOFA-VT
- Laura Klaiber, Research Scientist, Miner Institute
- Erica Langston, Co-owner, Merryweather Meadows
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Justin Rich, Farmer, Burnt Rock Farm
- Scott Sanderson, Director of Farm and Food, Conservation Law Foundation
- Alex Thibault, Farmer
- Graham Unangst-Rufenacht, Policy Director, Rural Vermont
House Committee on Judiciary
- Merrill Bent, Attorney, Green Mountain Law
- Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Rep. David Durfee, Sponsor, House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- John Echeverria, Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School
- Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Harold Howrigan, Howrigan Farm
- Oliver Manning, Manning Dairy LLC
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Justin Rich, Burnt Rock Farm
- Claudine Safar, Lawyer, Monaghan Safar PLLC
- Scott Sanderson, Manager of Farm and Food, Conservation Law Foundation
- Emma Shouldice, Lobbyist, Vermont Dairy Producers Alliance
- Gerard Vorsteveld, Owner, Vorsteveld Farm
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Merrill Bent, Attorney, Green Mountain Law
- Steve Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Leon Corse, Partner, Corse Farm Dairy LLC
- Sen. Samuel Douglass, Senator, Orleans District
- Jon Groveman, Policy and Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council
- Oliver Manning, Manning Dairy LLC
- Adam Necrason, Vermont Association for Justice, Necrason Group
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Josh Poulin, Poulin Grain
- Claudine Safar, Lawyer, Monaghan Safar PLLC
- Scott Sanderson, Manager of Farm and Food, Conservation Law Foundation
- Bradley St. Pierre, Pleasant Valley Farm, Richford
- Gerard Vorsteveld, Owner, Vorsteveld Farm