An Act defining agritourism
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/1/2025 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 10/9/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 10/21/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 |
| 2/27/2025 | House | House concurred |
| 2/27/2025 | Senate | Referred to the committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development |
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J30 | Favorable | 1 entries |
Chapter 128 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1A the following section:-
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: "Agritourism", an agriculturally related educational, entertainment, historical, cultural, commercial, or recreational activity that allows or invites members of the general public to observe, participate in, experience and enjoy that activity, and that serves to encourage the purchase of agricultural products grown on the land where the activity takes place. “Land”, an entire parcel of land or multiple contiguous whole parcels of land owned by the same person. (b) Agritourism may be conducted on land primarily used for commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture. Agritourism may be conducted on land not primarily used for commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture if: (i) at least 75 per cent of the acreage of said land is dedicated to agriculture; (ii) at least 50 per cent of the agricultural product produced on said land, by either gross annual sales or annual volume, is utilized in agritourism activities; (iii) at least 25 per cent of the gross annual income from all activities on the land on which the agritourism activity is located results from the sale of products that have been produced on said land; and (iv) at least an additional 50 per cent of the gross annual income from all activities on said land results from the sale of products that have been produced on said land or on land in Massachusetts used for the primary purpose of commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture.
SECTION 135A. Chapter 128 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1A the following section:- Section 1B. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: "Agritourism", an agriculturally related educational, entertainment, historical, cultural, commercial, or recreational activity that allows or invites members of the general public to observe, participate in, experience and enjoy that activity, and that serves to encourage the purchase of agricultural products grown on the land where the activity takes place. “Land”, an entire parcel of land or multiple contiguous whole parcels of land owned by the same person. (b) Agritourism may be conducted on land primarily used for commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture. Agritourism may be conducted on land not primarily used for commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture if: (i) at least 75 per cent of the acreage of said land is dedicated to agriculture; (ii) at least 50 per cent of the agricultural product produced on said land, by either gross annual sales or annual volume, is utilized in agritourism activities; (iii) at least 25 per cent of the gross annual income from all activities on the land on which the agritourism activity is located results from the sale of products that have been produced on said land; and (iv) at least an additional 50 per cent of the gross annual income from all activities on said land results from the sale of products that have been produced on said land or on land in Massachusetts used for the primary purpose of commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or viticulture.