S.45
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: 3/21/2025 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry
- Steven Collier, General Counsel, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
- Frank Kampf, Bull Shed Farm, Cabot
- Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Scott Sanderson, Director of Farm and Food, Conservation Law Foundation
- 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
- 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
- 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