Legislation - HB0513

Title: Agriculture - Roosters - Restrictions
Sponsored by: Delegates Allen, Lehman, Bagnall, Ebersole, Embry, Fair, Guyton, R. Lewis, J. Long, Nawrocki, Patterson, Ruth, Stein, and Ziegler
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
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Synopsis

Prohibiting, beginning January 1, 2027, unless authorized by the Department of Agriculture, a person who keeps roosters that are maintained individually and kept movement-constrained through use of an enclosure or tether from keeping more than 5 roosters per acre on a single property or more than a total of 25 roosters on a single property, subject to certain exceptions; and authorizing the Department to work in cooperation with a local animal control or law enforcement officer to enforce the Act.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0375

Introduced in a prior session as: HB1030 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2025 Legislative Date 1/22/2025 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Agriculture - Roosters - Restrictions Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/22/2025	1/22/2025	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - Agriculture - Roosters - Restrictions
House	1/27/2025	1/27/2025	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.

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