SB 3194 SD 2 HD 2

RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO FARM

By Senator(s) MATSUURA / INOUYE

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, AGRICULTURE, ATTORNEYS, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, COURT COSTS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FARMERS AND FARMING, NUISANCES, PUBLIC SAFETY

Report Title: Right To Farm

Description: Prohibits a farming operation from being declared a nuisance for any reason if the farming operation has been conducted in a manner consistent with generally accepted agricultural and management practices. Specifies that any such farming operation shall be presumed to be reasonable and shall not be found to constitute a nuisance. Requires the court to award costs of court, reasonable attorney fees, and any other related costs to the defendant if the court determines that any action alleging that an agricultural operation is a nuisance is frivolous. (SB3194 HD1)

 1-27-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-31-00        S Referred to 1. ECD 2. JDC                                
 2- 4-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on 02-09-00 at
                  4:00 p.m. in conference room 224.
 2- 9-00        S The committee on ECD recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2- 9-00        S The votes in ECD were as follows: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Inouye, Buen, M. Ige, Kawamoto, Taniguchi, Slom;
                  Ayes with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and none Excused: Senator(s)
 2-18-00        S Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2250) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC
 2-18-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
 2-23-00        S Bill scheduled for decision making by JDC on
                  03-02-00 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room 229.
 3- 2-00        S The committee on JDC recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3- 2-00        S The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Chumbley, Matsunaga, Ihara, Sakamoto, Tanaka; Ayes
                  with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland,        
                  Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2492) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as
                  amended (SD 2)
 3- 3-00        S 48 hours notice 03-07-00                                 
 3- 7-00        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD        
                  2). Ayes, 25.  Noes, none.  Excused, none.
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 363)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3-10-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. AGR 2. JHA ,
                  referral sheet 30
 3-13-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday,
                  03-15-00 at 8:30 - 11:00 A.M. in House conference
                  room 325.
 3-15-00        H The committee on AGR recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-15-00        H The votes in AGR were as follows:9 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Abinsay, Espero, Chang, Herkes, Kaho`ohalahala,
                  Luke, Halford, Rath, Whalen; Ayes with reservations:        
                  Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 4 Excused:
                  Rep.(s) Ahu Isa, Ito, Morihara, Suzuki
 3-20-00        H Reported from the committee on AGR (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 895-00) as amended in (HD 1), recommending
                  passage on Second Reading and referral to the
                  committee on JHA
 3-20-00        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and
                  referred to the committee on JHA
 3-20-00        H The vote was as follows:  44 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Ahu Isa, Herkes,
                  Okamura, Oshiro, M., Saiki, Takamine, Yoshinaga
                  excused
 3-29-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03/31/
                  00 at 2:00 P.M. in House conference room 325.
 3-31-00        H The committee on JHA recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-31-00        H The votes in JHA were as follows:8 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Hamakawa, Saiki, Hiraki, Lee, Takumi, Auwae,
                  Thielen, Whalen; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) ;
                  none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 7 Excused: Rep.(s) Cachola,        
                  Chang, Garcia, Kaho`ohalahala, Morita, Yoshinaga,
                  Pendleton
 4- 6-00        H Reported from the committee on JHA (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1309-00) as amended in (HD 2), recommending
                  passage on Third Reading
 4- 6-00        H Forty-eight (48) hours notice 04-11-00                   
 4-11-00        H Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 2)                
 4-11-00        H The vote was as follows:  49 aye(s) to 1 no(es),
                  with Representative(s) Goodenow voting no and
                  Representative(s) Okamura excused
 4-11-00        H Transmitted to Senate                                    
 4-13-00        S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 571)                  
 4-13-00        S Senate disagrees with House amendments.                  
 4-13-00        H Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 660)      
 4-17-00        S Senate Conferees appointed: Inouye, Chumbley,
                  (Co-)Chair; Buen, Anderson
 4-17-00        H House conferees appointed: Abinsay, Saiki
                  (Co-)Chairman; Espero, Halford
 4-17-00        S Received notice of appointment of House conferees
                  (Hse. Com. No. 674).
 4-17-00        H Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No.
                  663)
 4-18-00        S Conference committee meeting scheduled on 04-19-00
                  at 4:00 p.m. in conference room 423.
 4-20-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Thursday, 04-20-00 at 3:00 P.M. in conference room
                  423.
 4-20-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Tuesday, 04/25/00 at 4:30 P.M. in conference room 
                  423.
 4-25-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Wednesday, 04-26-00 at 4:30 P.M. in conference room         
                  423.