Bill Text: CT HB05395 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Size Of Battery Cages For Egg-laying Hens.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Environment [HB05395 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05395-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5395

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 2280

   

Referred to Committee on Environment

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SIZE OF BATTERY CAGES FOR EGG-LAYING HENS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require that battery cages in which egg-laying hens are confined be of a size that enables such hens to have adequate room to spread their wings.

Statement of Purpose:

To ensure the humane treatment of egg-laying hens.

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