File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Grosfeld, Britt, Jones, Pinsky, and Stone
- Entitled:
-
Agriculture - Confinement of Pregnant Sows and Gilts - Prohibition
Prohibiting a person from confining or tethering a pregnant sow or
gilt for a specified amount of time in specified manners; providing
exceptions to the prohibition; establishing penalties for a violation
of the Act; and establishing that each instance of confining or
tethering a single sow or gilt constitutes a separate offense.
Senate Action
- 2/5
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/23
- Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- Favorable
- Special Order 3/24 (Senator Kasemeyer) Adopted
- 3/24
- Favorable Report Rejected (22-25)
- Second Reading Failed
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
- Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
- Senator Verna L. Jones, District 44
- Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
- PENALTIES
- PREGNANCY
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Agriculture
- (
3-404.1
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Vote (Legislative date is shown):
- Senate
- March 24, 2004: Favorable Rejected (22-25)
