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.