Relating to the management of the spread of diseases in animals, and including effective date provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2020
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 18, 2020
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to control of infectious diseases in animals.2 to include chronic wasting disease. By operation of law, the bill allows the department of agriculture and land stewardship to adopt rules and exercise certain powers to control the spread of chronic wasting disease in animals under the department’s jurisdiction. The bill requires the natural resource commission to act to prevent, control, or eradicate an infectious or contagious disease in any wild animal. The bill authorizes the commission to establish a disease management zone for any wild animal, upon the finding of an infectious or contagious disease in a population of that animal, and take certain actions to prevent the spread of disease through that animal population.

Full bill text¹

House subcommittee

Named February 6, 2020. On February 13, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.

• Rep. Tom Jeneary REmail
• Rep. Terry C. Baxter R
• Rep. Dave Jacoby DEmail

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

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