Expanding State Control Over Farmland Under a Feel-Good 'Access' Banner

Description

This bill creates a new state program and bureaucracy to acquire, manage, and regulate agricultural land in the name of farmland access and conservation. Rather than empowering private ownership and market-based stewardship, it invites more government intervention in land markets and opens the door to heavy-handed land-use control. CPAC opposes expanding government ownership and control over private farmland and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-09-09 by a vote of 31-5. The Governor vetoed this bill.