Legislation

Title: Maryland Wholesome Meat Act - Prohibitions - Equines and Equine Meat
Sponsored by: Delegates Waldstreicher, Fraser-Hidalgo, Frush, Lam, McCray, and S. Robinson
Status: In the House - Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Prohibiting a person from buying, selling, transporting, or offering or receiving for sale or transportation any equine carcass or the meat of any equine if the person knows or reasonably should know that the carcass or meat will be used for human consumption; and prohibiting a person from buying, selling, transporting, or offering or receiving for sale or transportation any equine if the person knows or reasonably should know that the equine is intended for slaughter for human consumption.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1392 Session: 2014 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2015

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2015 Legislative Date 1/28/2015 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2015 Legislative Date 1/29/2015 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/27/2015 Legislative Date 3/02/2015 Action Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/27/2015	1/28/2015	First Reading Environment and Transportation
House	1/29/2015	1/29/2015	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
House	2/27/2015	3/02/2015	Unfavorable Report by Environment and Transportation

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
1/28/2015	Text - First - Maryland Wholesome Meat Act - Prohibitions - Equines and Equine Meat
2/27/2015	Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation

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