Loading chat...
AL SB323
Bill
Status
4/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Sessions
Click for details
AI Summary
-
Prohibits state agencies from killing cervids (deer), requiring disease testing, or restricting transfer of cervids possessed by game breeder licensees, except when disease is detected in another cervid at the licensee's facility or when a cervid is transferred from another licensee and linked to a diseased cervid.
-
Establishes that all cervids possessed by or under the care of a licensee on October 1, 2025, and their offspring, are the personal property of the licensee and not the property of the state.
-
Defines "cervid" as any member of the family Cervidae (including whitetail deer, elk, and fallow deer) possessed by or under the care of a licensed game breeder.
-
Sets game breeder license fees at $250 for all species except cervids; cervid breeding fees are $250 for the first 50 animals, $500 for 51-100 animals, and $1,000 for more than 100 animals.
-
Makes technical and nonsubstantive revisions to update existing code language to current style, including changes to terminology such as "promulgate" to "adopt" and "breeder's" to "breeder."
Legislative Description
Game breeder license; possessory interest in deer established; killing, testing, prohibition of transfer of deer by state agencies for disease prohibited, subject to exceptions
Animals
Last Action
Pending Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
4/10/2025