2007 Senate Bill 501

Create state agriculture environmental law booklet

Introduced in the Senate

May 15, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Patricia Birkholz (R-24)

To require the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Quality to publish a booklet identifying environmental laws and rules affecting farms and farming operations, and also post it on their web sites.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Bioeconomy

June 19, 2007

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

June 20, 2007

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that only requires posting the information on the internet, not publication of an actual booklet.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 22 to 16 (details)

To require the Departments of Agriculture and Environmental Quality to publish an online document identifying environmental laws and rules affecting farms and farming operations.

Received in the House

June 20, 2007

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture