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AL SB314

Bill

Status

Passed

5/28/2019

Primary Sponsor

Bobby Singleton

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2019

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 9-11-328 of the Code of Alabama 1975 regarding wildlife possession in captivity for public exhibition purposes.

  • Prohibits municipal, county, state, and other publicly owned zoos or wildlife exhibits from importing any species of the family Cervidae (deer) into Alabama.

  • Prohibits privately owned traveling zoos, circuses, and pet shops from importing any species of the family Cervidae into Alabama.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

  • Passed by the Alabama Senate on May 7, 2019 and the House of Representatives on May 23, 2019.

Legislative Description

Conservation and Natural Resources, wildlife, possession for public exhibition purposes, importing of deer (cervidae), prohibited, Sec. 9-11-328 am'd.

Conservation and Natural Resources Department

Last Action

Assigned Act No. 2019-371.

5/28/2019

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Forestry5/7/2019
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry4/18/2019

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