Hawaii House Bill 2163 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-03 - This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Wednesday 02-05-20 8:35AM in conference room 312.
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Prohibit an animal's owner, and the owner's employees, from performing any surgical procedure, including surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking, without being licensed as a veterinarian. Makes it a class C felony to intentionally or knowingly perform any surgical procedure, including surgical birth, ear cropping, tail docking, or debarking, on a pet animal by any person who is not licensed as a veterinarian. Specifies that accepted veterinary practices and cropping or docking as customarily practiced shall not be considered cruelty to animals in the first degree if performed by a licensed veterinarian. Adds the use of castration bands to neuter pet animals to the offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree.

Relating To Veterinary Medicine.

Rep. Roy Takumi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-03	House	This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Wednesday 02-05-20 8:35AM in conference room 312.
2020-01-30	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-05-20 8:35AM in House conference room 312.
2020-01-27	House	Referred to AGR, JUD, referral sheet 5
2020-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2020-01-21	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2163&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2163_.HTM