SB 2156: DBEDT; CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIVISION; AGRICULTURAL FILM PRODUCTION LAND USE ACT; AGRICULTURAL FILM PRODUCTION LAND USE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; RULES
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Permits film production on certain lands zoned for agricultural use under certain conditions, including obtaining land use special permits. Establishes the Agricultural Film Production Land Use Oversight Committee within the Creative Industries Division of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish film permit application requirements and processes, facilitate the issuance of special permits for film production on agricultural zoned parcels, and advise and make recommendations relating to the regulation of film productions on agricultural zoned lands. Requires DBEDT to adopt rules. Requires DBEDT to consult with state and county agencies to issue permits for film production within an agricultural district using the consolidated film permit process under certain circumstances. Includes temporary filming activities as a permissible conditional accessory use of lands within the agricultural district. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Discussed in Hearing
14MINSenate Standing Committee on Education
14MINSenate Standing Committee on Government Operations
14MINSenate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
14MINSenate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
57SECSenate Standing Committee on Education
57SECSenate Standing Committee on Government Operations
57SECSenate Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism
57SEC