The New Jersey Assembly Agriculture Committee will meet remotely on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 9:30 AM.

Due to the public health emergency, the State House Annex remains closed to visitors. The public may not attend the Committee meeting in person but may view and participate in the meeting via the New Jersey Legislature home page at https: / / www.njleg.state.nj.us / .

The following bills will be considered:

A2768 / S1245 (Houghtaling / Murphy / Dancer / Gopal / Cruz-Perez) – Establishes housing of equine-related farm employees in facilities with horses under certain conditions as “Right to Farm” permissible activity; requires State Agriculture Development Committee agricultural management practice that permits such housing.

A4233 (Houghtaling) – Increases penalty for certain acts of trespass and vandalism on agricultural and horticultural lands.

A4717 / *S92 (Houghtaling / Bateman / Greenstein) – Authorizes issuance of Protect Pollinators license plates. (S92 is pending referral)

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