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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2460 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 95
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Adam Scanlon
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the definition of livestock.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Adam Scanlon14th Bristol1/19/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2460 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 95
By Representative Scanlon of North Attleborough, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
95) of Adam Scanlon relative to the definition of livestock. Agriculture.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the definition of livestock.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 1A of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “horses”, the following words:- but not
3including dogs or cats,
4 Section 1A: Farming, agriculture, farmer; definitions
5 Section 1A. ''Farming'' or ''agriculture'' shall include farming in all of its branches and the
6cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of
7any agricultural, aquacultural, floricultural or horticultural commodities, the growing and
8harvesting of forest products upon forest land, the raising of livestock including horses, but not
9including dogs or cats, the keeping of horses as a commercial enterprise, the keeping and raising
10of poultry, swine, cattle and other domesticated animals used for food purposes, bees, fur-
11bearing animals, and any forestry or lumbering operations, performed by a farmer, who is hereby
12defined as one engaged in agriculture or farming as herein defined, or on a farm as an incident to 2 of 2
13or in conjunction with such farming operations, including preparations for market, delivery to
14storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market.