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Missouri's 98th General Assembly condemns California's Proposition 2 (2008) and AB 1437 (2010), which require egg producers to use "enriched cages" or nonconfinement operations and prohibit sales of out-of-state eggs that don't meet these standards

Calls on the California legislature to repeal AB 1437 and urges California voters to repeal Proposition 2

Argues these California laws violate the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause by restricting free trade between states and imposing requirements on out-of-state egg producers

Asserts that conventional battery cages better protect egg-laying hens from bone breaks, cannibalism, disease, smothering, and predation compared to enriched cages or free-range operations

Claims similar regulations in the European Union led to increased egg costs, food shortages, and farm closures