HB4301 Summary

• Renames the Ivory Ban Act to the Animal Parts and Products Ban Act and expands coverage from ivory and rhinoceros horn to include parts or products from 16 additional animal species (cheetah, elephant, giraffe, great ape, hippopotamus, jaguar, leopard, lion, monk seal, narwhal, pangolin, ray, shark, sea turtle, tiger, walrus, and whale) if listed as endangered under CITES or the Endangered Species Act.

• Prohibits importing, selling, offering for sale, purchasing, bartering, or possessing with intent to sell any covered animal parts or products, with limited exceptions for government law enforcement, federal permits, educational or scientific purposes, and museum transfers.

• Creates rebuttable presumption of intent to sell when covered animal parts are possessed in retail or wholesale outlets, but excludes mere appraisals from establishing intent.

• Allows transfer of covered animal parts as part of estates or trusts to legal beneficiaries without penalty.

• Maintains exemptions for antiques (less than 20% by volume, not primary value source, at least 100 years old) and musical instruments made before 1975 (less than 20% by volume, with historical documentation).