Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 1, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 483
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 483 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 483 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Cities and counties cannot pass local laws that stop businesses or schools from using animals for things like farming, research, or making products. This rule also protects the use of working animals that perform specific jobs. Local governments can still enforce state or federal laws, but they cannot create new rules that cause financial hardship for these animal-based operations.1
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_____ 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. 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.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 16, 2021. On February 23, 2021 it recommended passage.
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This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- SSB 3180 SSB 318088th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2388 · nearly identicalCleared committee
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