Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Environment Committee on February 28, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
House Bill 5719
AN ACT CONCERNING STEAP GRANTS AND THE CONVERSION OF PRIME FARMLAND TO NONAGRICULTURAL USE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require that small town economic assistance program grants for projects that would convert twenty-five or more acres of prime farmland to nonagricultural use be contingent upon a finding of the Commissioner of Agriculture that (1) such project promotes agriculture or the goal of agricultural land preservation or (2) there is no reasonable alternative site for the project.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
1 co-sponsor
Its course
February 27 to February 28, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Feb 28 · stopped1 day
Environment CommitteeFeb 27 to Feb 28 · stopped1 day
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Feb 28
- Feb 27Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
- Feb 28Heard in Environment Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 27REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 28PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses