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Yes: 97 • No: 2
IdahoS 10332025 regular legislative sessionSenateWALLET
RIGHT TO FARM ACT – Amends and adds to existing law to provide penalties for certain complaints filed against agricultural operations.
Sponsored By: AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Signed by Governor
RIGHT TO FARM ACT
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Repeat farm complaints bring new penalties
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho penalizes repeated meritless nuisance complaints against the same agricultural operation. A complaint is meritless when it alleges a public or private nuisance while the operation complies with Idaho’s right-to-farm law. Covered complaints go to the Idaho Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Lands, or another state or local law enforcement agency. Within two years of the first complaint, a second meritless complaint is an infraction with a $150 fine. A third brings a $300 infraction fine; a fourth or later meritless complaint is a misdemeanor.
Farm nuisance protections shift legal costs
Beginning July 1, 2025, Idaho’s law protects agricultural operations, facilities, and expansions from public or private nuisance claims. Protection applies when they follow generally recognized farming practices or comply with a state or federal permit. It does not cover nuisances caused by improper or negligent operation. In nuisance cases against farm owners, operators, or landowners, prevailing owners or operators are entitled to reasonable lawyer fees and costs. The court must find they won because the operation followed Idaho’s right-to-farm law, and the losing party must pay.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Judy Boyle
Republican • House
Todd M. Lakey
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/17/2025
House Floor Vote
Yes: 64 • No: 2
Senate vote • 2/21/2025
Senate Floor Vote
Yes: 33 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor on 03/21/25 Session Law Chapter 147 Effective: 07/01/2025
3/24/2025Reported delivered to Governor at 3:50 p.m. on 03/19/25
3/20/2025Reported signed by the Speaker & ordered delivered to Governor
3/19/2025Received from Senate; Signed by Speaker; Returned to Senate
3/19/2025HouseReported enrolled; signed by President; to House for signature of Speaker
3/18/2025SenateReturned From House Passed; referred to enrolling
3/18/2025SenateRead Third Time in Full – PASSED - 64-2-4
3/17/2025HouseRead second time; Filed for Third Reading
3/14/2025HouseReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading
3/13/2025HouseRead First Time, Referred to Agricultural Affairs
2/24/2025HouseReceived from the Senate, Filed for First Reading
2/24/2025HouseRead third time in full – PASSED - 33-0-2
2/21/2025SenateRead second time; filed for Third Reading
2/12/2025SenateReported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
2/11/2025SenateReported Printed; referred to Agricultural Affairs
1/29/2025SenateIntroduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing
1/28/2025Senate
Bill Text
Bill Text
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