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Senate farm bill markup leaves Prop 12 unresolved

Prop 12’s livestock confinement rules remain unaddressed after the Senate Agriculture Committee’s markup of the farm bill.

Published Sep 18, 2026, 8:26 AM EDT | WFMZZ

California’s Proposition 12, the controversial livestock confinement rules that affect North Carolina farmers shipping production across the country, was not resolved in the farm bill passed by the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee. The committee marked up Farm Bill 2.0 without addressing the dispute over Prop 12.