Bill Text: HI SB2800 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pet Animals

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-04 - (H) Referred to JUD, referral sheet 37 [SB2800 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2800-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2511

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2800

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2800 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to sufficiently preserve the health and well-being of a pet animal by:

 

     (1)  Expanding the definition of a primary pet enclosure; and

 

     (2)  Amending the definition of "necessary sustenance" to include a broader range of care needed for care of pet animals.

 

     Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by four private organizations and nine individuals.  Testimony in opposition was submitted by one state agency and one individual.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will address situations where pet animals are confined to small areas for long periods of time, by requiring that owners provide the most basic housing, sustenance, care, and keeping standards.  Additionally, the measure provides a necessary requirement that owners provide veterinary care to pet animals to prevent suffering.  Your Committee notes concerns raised that such requirements may be seen to apply to farm animals, which is not the intent of the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the requirements apply to pet animals, only;

 

     (2)  Retaining the existing language in the definition of "necessary sustenance" that requires that any confinement has adequate space necessary for the health of the pet animal, in order to clarify that the requirements are applicable to both cages and yard areas;

 

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for purposes of consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2800, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2800, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

		____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair