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MO SCR30
Concurrent Resolution
AI Summary
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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 eggs from states not meeting those standards
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Asserts that California's egg laws violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) by restricting free trade between states
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Claims conventional battery cages better protect egg-laying hens from bone breaks, cannibalism, disease, smothering, and predation compared to enriched cages or free-range operations
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Argues similar requirements in the European Union increased egg costs, caused food shortages, and led to farm closures
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Calls on California's legislature to repeal AB 1437 and urges California voters to reconsider and repeal Proposition 2
Legislative Description
Condemns certain California laws relating to shelled eggs and calls upon the legislature and the voters of California to repeal such laws
Last Action
Resolutions Calendar--SCS for SCR 30-Kehoe, with HCS
5/15/2015