June 5, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Daley, Damrow, Muxlow, Johnson, Kowall, Callton, LaFontaine, Shaughnessy, Denby, Somerville, Agema, Huuki, Haines, O'Brien, Horn, Rendon, Jacobsen, MacGregor, McBroom, Foster, Opsommer, Kurtz, Wayne Schmidt, Graves, McMillin, Rogers, Hughes, Pscholka, Heise, Hooker, Potvin, Bumstead, Jenkins, Lyons, Walsh, MacMaster, Haveman, Yonker, Dillon, Liss, Brunner, Smiley, Slavens, Haugh, Darany, Gilbert, Knollenberg, Outman, Tyler, Shirkey, Cotter and Moss and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by adding section 29 to article I, to
prohibit laws which abridge the right of farmers and ranchers to
employ agricultural technology and modern livestock production and
ranching practices.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to prohibit laws which abridge the right of
farmers and ranchers to employ agricultural technology and modern
livestock production and ranching practices, is proposed, agreed
to, and submitted to the people of the state:
ARTICLE I
Sec. 29. No law shall be enacted which abridges the right of
farmers and ranchers to employ agricultural technology and modern
livestock production and ranching practices.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.