Bill Title: Establishes a farmers' bill of rights; specifies prohibited unfair trade practices which have the purpose of intentionally impairing a producer's freedom to bargain collectively with other producers in the marketing of the producer's product; provides that the commissioner of the department of agriculture and markets shall take action to restrain such violations upon the application of an association of producers; increases the limit on damages for encouraging or permitting delivery of products in violation of marketing agreements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to agriculture [A06163 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember John Lemondes [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-126	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Smullen [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-118	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Christopher Friend [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-124	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David McDonough [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-014	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph DeStefano [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph Angelino [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-121	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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