Loading chat...

MO HB962

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/28/2013

Primary Sponsor

Todd Richardson

Click for details

Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals and replaces sections 265.300 and 277.020 of Missouri law to revise the definition of "livestock"

  • Adds elk and cervids to the definition of livestock in both meat inspection (265.300) and livestock market regulations (277.020), contingent on documentation of legal source and not from the wild

  • Specifies that elk and cervids must be raised in confinement for human consumption or animal husbandry purposes to qualify as livestock

  • Updates the livestock definition in section 277.020 to explicitly include cervids along with existing categories such as cattle, swine, sheep, ratite birds, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, goats, poultry, and equine animals

Legislative Description

Revises the definition of "livestock" to include elk and other cervids obtained from a legal source and raised in confinement

Last Action

Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)

4/10/2013

Committee Referrals

Emerging Issues in Agriculture4/4/2013

Full Bill Text

No bill text available