STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 3353
with Senate Floor Amendments
(Proposed by Senator TURNER)
ADOPTED: DECEMBER 19, 2024
These floor amendments would:
(1) revise the definition of “resident farm employee” to exclude the
owner of the farm or any lineal descendant of the owner;
(2) require housing for resident farm employees constructed
pursuant to the bill to comply with the “Seasonal Farm Labor Act,”
P.L.1945, c.71 (C.34:9A-1 et seq.) and the federal “Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act,” (29 U.S.C. s.1801 et
seq.);
(3) provide that the charging of rent to resident farm employees
living in resident farm employee housing would be prohibited; and
(4) require the agricultural management practice developed by the
State Agriculture Development Committee pursuant to the bill to
provide that the amount of resident farm employee housing is required
to correlate to the amount of labor needed on the farm.