Bill Text: AZ HB2585 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Caged egg-laying hens

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to House AW Committee [HB2585 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2585-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: caged egg-laying hens

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2585

 

Introduced by

Representative Sherwood

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-2910.10; relating to offenses against public order.

 

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-2910.10, to read:

START_STATUTE13-2910.10.  Unlawful confinement of egg-laying hens; classification; definition

A.  It is unlawful for a person to confine any egg-laying hen to a living space that does not allow the egg‑laying hen sufficient space to fully extend its limbs without touching the sides of the living space.

B.  Subsection A does not apply to the confinement of egg-laying hens for the purposes of transportation, slaughter or veterinary care.

C.  A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

D.  For the purposes of this section, "living space" means a cage, crate or other structure that is used to confine egg-laying hens. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Applicability

A person who has raised egg-laying hens and who, before the effective date of this act, has confined them by a method prohibited by section 13‑2910.10, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, may continue to use those same confinement methods until January 1, 2017.