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Ohio Livestock Care Standards |
HB341
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Sponsor:
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Representative
Tyrone Yates |
This bill will prohibit the use of
hen cages, hog crates and veal crates within 5
years. It will accomplish exactly what HSUS has
threatened to do by ballot initiative in 2010.
Status of bill: Introduced 10/29/09,
assigned to House Agriculture & Natural Resources
Committee. The bill has had no hearings and will
likely go nowhere since Issue 2 passed.
What you
can do:
Contact your State Representative and urge him/her
to oppose this anti-agriculture bill.
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Ohio Companion Animal
Cruelty Bill |
HB70 |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Ron Gerberry & Robert Hagan |
This bill increases the penalty for cruelty to
companion animals. As introduced, the bill makes the
penalty for UNintentional cruelty higher than the penalty
for INtentional cruelty. We have asked for clarification but
to date this error has not been corrected.
Status of bill:
Introduced 3/10/09, passed the House Criminal
Justice Committee on 11/19/09. It is currently on
the calendar awaiting a vote by the House of
Representatives.
What you
can do:
Contact your
State Representative and urge him/her to find out
why the penalty for UNintentional cruelty is being
raised to a level that is higher than the penalty
for INtentional cruelty.
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Ohio
Cockfighting Bill
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HB108 |
Sponsors:
Representatives John Domenick & Lou Blessing
This bill increases the penalty for cockfighting from a
misdemeanor to a felony. Other provisions of the bill which
were objectionable were amended at OAAO’s request, but an
amendment to make the penalty a misdemeanor rather than a
felony as in the original bill (requested by a committee
member) was replaced at the last minute with a different
amendment which put the penalty back to a felony. As a
result, OAAO’s initial position of "interested party" has
changed to that of "opponent".
Status of bill:
Introduced 3/30/09, passed the House of Representatives by a
vote of 79 to 19 on 12/1/09. The bill now goes
to the Senate for committee hearings
What you can do:
Contact your State Senator and urge him/her to oppose
this bill.