Introduced

SB 416 - Under this act, the right to utilize working animals, as defined in the act, is guaranteed. No law, ordinance, or rule shall be enacted by any political subdivision of the state that terminates, bans, or effectively bans, by creating undue financial hardship, the job or use of working animals or animal enterprise in commerce, legal hunting, transportation, or ranching.

Nothing in the act shall prevent or alter the laws, ordinances, or rules of a political subdivision regarding animal care, public health, or public safety; unless such law, ordinance, or rule is in violation of the act, in which case, the act shall supercede such law, ordinance, or rule.

This act is similar to SCS/HB 559 (2019), HB 1021 (2019), and to provisions contained in HCS/SB 468 (2019).

JAMIE ANDREWS


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