WA People
BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1726: Laying hens

Preventing cruelty to laying hens.

Summary

  • Provides that: (1) A person may not confine laying hens in battery cages. (2) A person may not subject a laying hen to forced molting. (3) A person may not remove the beak, or any portion thereof, of a laying hen.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mike Cooper (D-21)
Introduced
February 1, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002

AN ACT Relating to the treatment of laying hens;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mike Cooper (D-21)

10 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Kathy Haigh D-35Steve Kirby D-29Mark Miloscia D-30Mary Lou Dickerson D-36Hans Dunshee D-44Jerome Delvin R-8John Lovick D-44Alex Wood D-3Christopher Hurst D-31Ed Murray D-43

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Agriculture & Ecology.

HB 1726 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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