[giantg2]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Most of the agricultural trespassing, disruption, etc laws don't just apply to slaughterhouses, but also include the farms and such. Many states have general secret recording that apply to nearly all scenarios if you're referring to recording. If you're talking about just trespass, if you "broke" into a beyond meat facility you would in fact face similar penalties in other western states with similar property rights culture. I believe even the ID law would result in 6-12mo maximum jail if you broke into the factory (might even qualify as burglary with higher penalties depending on specifics).

[whimsicalism]

Utah at least specifically only protected things like slaughterhouses. I am not familiar.

The penalties in these laws are higher than just generic secret recording.

[giantg2]

I think both depend on which state.

Do you have the law that prevents the recording in UT? I only see the tresspassing law. Which by the way, would appear to be a class B misdemeanor if it was agricultural land or if it was a building (same for both your examples).

[whimsicalism]

https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title76/Chapter6/76-6-S112.html

I wasn't trying to distinguish between land and building, mostly just that they are about recording and specifically animal operations.

I'm almost certain Utah is not the only state that specifically has laws around recording and specifically for animal operations that go beyond just generic trespass, but I don't have time right now to dive in.

[giantg2]

Ok, thanks for the link. Based on that information it seems generic tresspass and the agricultural interference laws carry similar penalties depending on the circumstances. Both are either class A or class B misdemeanors.

[whimsicalism]

but penalties stack :) and not all agricultural recording would fall under trespass - many times it is people who are employed there who are doing the recording

[giantg2]

"but penalties stack :)"

Do they, or are they concurrent stemming from the same act in UT?

"not all agricultural recording would fall under trespass"

True. Your example was breaking into a Beyond Meat plant, comparing trespass to interference. In that case, the penalties are similar.