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HI HB1012
Bill
Status
1/28/2015
Primary Sponsor
Richard Creagan
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AI Summary
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Requires written notification of any prior federal Animal Welfare Act citations when applying to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture for a permit to import exotic or wild animals.
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Establishes the misdemeanor offense of unlawful use of a wild or exotic animal, prohibiting display or performance of such animals in traveling exhibits or shows if the animal has been housed in a mobile or traveling facility.
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Exempts permanent accredited institutions (zoos, aquariums), accredited zoo/aquarium outreach programs limited to 12 hours daily in mobile facilities, registered research facilities, film/television/advertising productions without live public exhibition, and rodeos from the prohibition.
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Defines "exotic animal" to include non-human primates, lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, camels, and certain foreign domestic cattle species and their hybrids.
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Defines "wild animal" to include bears, deer, skunks, raccoons, wolves, cetaceans, and other native North American species and their hybrids.
Legislative Description
Wild or Exotic Animal; Unlawful Display or Performance
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kawakami, Oshiro voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ito excused (1).
2/20/2015