HB 297 - Limits the Ability of Local Governments to Regulate Beekeeping - Utah Key Vote
Don Ipson voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 1, 2024
- House Bill Passed
- Feb. 15, 2024
- Introduced
- Jan. 16, 2024
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Title: Limits the Ability of Local Governments to Regulate Beekeeping
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that limits the ability of local governments to regulate beekeeping with exceptions that will be based on recommendations from a working group.
Highlights:
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Defines Apiary terms (Sec. 1).
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Repeals the abilities for Governmental entities to regulate beekeeping on private property (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that this does not apply if the beekeeping is done on public property or governmental lands (Sec. 1).
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Requires the Department of Agriculture and Food to convene a working group to develop recommendations for standards that governmental entities must follow when restricting beekeeping (Sec. 1).
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Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and Food to adopt rules based on the working group's recommendations (Sec. 1).
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provides an automatic repeal date for the working group once the Department of Agriculture and Food has implemented the working group's recommendations into rule (Sec. 2).
Title: Limits the Ability of Local Governments to Regulate Beekeeping
Title: Limits the Ability of Local Governments to Regulate Beekeeping