During each legislative session, WLA testifies on bills that are important to our farmland preservation efforts statewide. This includes bills that provide critical support to the Farmland Preservation Program, bills that provide greater protection to state-owned farmland and conservation lands, and other bills that are relevant to our coalition of farmland preservation advocates.
2016 Legislative Session:
SJ 36:
Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the State to Protect Certain Property Held or Controlled by the State for Conservation, Recreation, Open Space, or Agricultural Purposes
HB 5044:
An Act Making Adjustments to State Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2017
SJ 5 and SB 76:
Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution Concerning the Environment and Natural Resources of the State;
An Act Concerning Connecticut’s Farm to School Program
An Act Concerning Revision of Definitional, Timing, and Procedural Provisions of the Inland Wetland and Watercourses Act;
An Act Concerning the Term and Fee for Certain Licenses by the Department of Agriculture and the Designation of the Department of Agriculture as the Lead Agency for Purposes of the Food Safety Modernization Act
SB 144:
An Act Concerning Land that is Subject to a Conservation Restriction that is Held By a Non-profit Land Holding Organization
HB 5383:
An Act Concerning the Farm Viability Matching Grant Program and the Connecticut Farm Link Program
2015 Legislative Session:
SB 947:
An Act Authorizing and Adjusting Bonds of the State for Capital Improvements, Transportation and Other Purposes
SB 946:
An Act Concerning Revenue Items to Implement the Governor’s Budget
HB 6842:
An Act Implementing the Budget Recommendations of the Governor Concerning General Government
HB 5686:
An Act Concerning the Approval of Land Swaps
An Act Concerning the Treatment of Certain Farmland for Purposes of the Estate Tax;
An Act Concerning the Farmland Restoration and Vacant Public Lands Programs of the Department of Agriculture
SB 347:
An Act Concerning the Percentage of State and Federal Funds that May be Used to Purchase Open Space under the Open Space and Land Acquisition Program
2014 Legislative Session:
HB 5419:
An Act Concerning the Preservation of the Savin Farm in Lebanon
HB 5057:
An Act Concerning the Assessment of Horses and Ponies and Farm Machinery and the Transfer of Land Classified as Farm Land, Open Space, Forest Land, and Maritime Heritage Land
HB 5139:
An Act Concerning the Use of State Funds for the Installation of Solar Panels on State Land
SB 70 and SB 69:
An Act Concerning the Grant of Property Interests in Property Held by the Departments of Agriculture and Energy and Environmental Protection and the Establishment of a Public Use and Benefit Land Registry;
An Act Concerning the Farmland Restoration and Vacant Public Lands Program of the Department of Agriculture
2013 Legislative Session:
HB 6357:
An Act Implementing the Budget Recommendations of the Governor Concerning Education
HB 6542:
An Act Concerning the Preservation of Farmland at the Southbury Training School
SB 806, HB 6314, and HB 6316:
An Act Concerning the Municipal Purchase of Development Rights for Agricultural Land Preservation
An Act Concerning the State Purchase of Development Rights for Agricultural Land Preservation and Certain Revisions to the Community Farms Program
SB 842:
An Act Authorizing and Adjusting Bonds of the State for Capital Improvements, Transportation, and Other Purposes, specifically Sections 61 and 13c of this bill.
SB 961:
An Act Concerning the Assessment of Livestock and Farm Machinery and the Transfer of Land Classified as Farm Land, Open Space, Forest Land, and Maritime Heritage Land
SB 988:
An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the Program Review and Investigations Committee Concerning the Farmland Preservation Program
