Measure on the ballot in the 2023 Texas Consolidated General Election in Texas.
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Get StartedThe proposed constitutional amendment creates a new right for people to engage in generally accepted farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management practices on land they own or lease. The proposed amendment does not affect the legislature's authority to authorize state or local regulation of those agricultural practices when necessary to protect health and safety, animal health and crop production, or natural resources, or to use the power of eminent domain.
A "YES" vote supports the adoption of Constitutional Amendment 1
A "NO" vote opposes the adoption of Constitutional Amendment 1
"Texas continues to rapidly increase in population, and it's critical that farmers and ranchers be able to grow food, fiber and fuel for our state and nation as more and more agricultural areas are impacted by development and population growth." - Russell Boening, Texas Farm Bureau President, in support of State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"As Texas continues to grow, the importance of strengthening right to farm laws becomes increasingly urgent. These laws are essential for creating a legal environment in which Texas farmers and ranchers can continue their invaluable work on the land they own. It is important we support these laws — through both our votes and our voices." - Texas Agriculture Connection, in support of State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"Bills like this can make it harder to hold corporations accountable for cruelly confining animals, endangering public health and damaging the environment. It could also allow Texas farms to expand without accountability." - ASPCA, in opposition to State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
"The proposed constitutional amendment epitomizes this problem. It uses broad language and sets standards that can be used to prevent not only local governments, but state agencies and even future state legislatures from taking action to rein in operations that truly harm their neighbors and communities. The new amendment builds on an already harmful existing law, the current Texas right to farm statute that has been law since 1981. That law prevents neighbors from bringing a lawsuit for nuisance against any farm if it has been operating for more than one year. That can, and has, stopped people from seeking court intervention for serious problems." - Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, in opposition to State of Texas Proposition 1 (Learn more)
The constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management.
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