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H134 • 2025

An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction

An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction

Agriculture
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Sponsor
Norman J. Orrall
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5242 (under House Rule 27)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction

An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 134) of Norman J.
  • Orrall relative to operating off-highway or recreational vehicles that damage or destroy certain field crop products or agricultural property.
  • Agriculture.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5242 (under House Rule 27)

  2. 2025-06-27 Joint

    Referred, pursuant to an order adopted by the two branches, to the committee on Agriculture and Fisheries

  3. 2025-04-30 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:00 PM in B-1

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Agriculture

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

  6. House

    Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to agricultural crop and property destruction
By Representative Orrall of Lakeville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 134) of Norman J. Orrall relative to operating off-highway or recreational vehicles that damage or destroy certain field crop products or agricultural property. Agriculture.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.134

SECTION 1.Chapter 242 Section 7B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection: -

(a)

Any person who, (i) operates an off-highway or recreational vehicle in a manner that damages or destroys a field crop product or agricultural property situated on the land of another, or (ii) without the permission of the owner, willfully and intentionally removes, damages or destroys, a field crop product or property used primarily for agricultural purposes situated on the land of another, shall be liable to the owner of such product or property in tort.

SECTION 2. Subsection (f) of said section 7B of said chapter 242, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “husbandry, structure”, in line 27, the words:-

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