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Limiting local legislation that prohibits the operation of an animal enterprise or the use of a working animal
Sponsored by the Senate Agriculture Committee
Topics:AgricultureCities & counties
Same legislation: SSB 1195
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 1, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill limits a local governmental entity such as a county or city from adopting, administering, enforcing, or continuing in effect local legislation that prohibits or effectively prohibits the operation of an animal enterprise or the use of a working animal. The test to determine an effective prohibition is whether it imposes a financial hardship. The bill provides that an animal enterprise is a commercial or academic enterprise that uses or sells animals or animal products for profit, food or fiber production, agriculture, education, research, or testing.
Read the full explanation
A working animal is an animal used to perform a specific duty or function in commerce. The bill’s limitation does not prevent a local governmental entity from administering or enforcing a state or federal law if the local government entity is required or allowed by the state or federal government to do so. The bill does not apply to local legislation that establishes or modifies zoning or a zoning classification.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 16, 2021 (as SSB 1195). On February 23, 2021 it recommended passage.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SF 2388 Limiting local legislation that prohibits the operation of an animal enterprise or the use…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- SSB 3180 SSB 318088th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2388 · nearly identicalCleared committee
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