BILL · 2001–02 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2619

HB 2619: Laying hens

Allowing inspections of facilities where laying hens are kept.

Summary

$ Provides that practices that result in the death of a certain number of laying hens at any one time is not an accepted husbandry practice and is not exempt from the animal cruelty law.
$ Requires the director of the Department of Agriculture to establish a program for conducting inspections of facilities in which one hundred or more laying hens are kept.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to laying hens;

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

Feb 8, 2002Referred to Appropriations. (SHB 2619)
Feb 8, 2002Referred to Appropriations.
Feb 7, 2002JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2619)
Feb 7, 2002Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2619)
Feb 7, 2002JUDI - Executive action taken by committee.
Feb 7, 2002Minority; do not pass.
Feb 7, 2002JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Jan 22, 2002First reading, referred to Judiciary.

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