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MO SCR30

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

2/26/2015

Primary Sponsor

Mike Kehoe

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Argues similar requirements in the European Union increased egg costs, caused food shortages, and led to farm closures

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on Agriculture4/28/2015
Agriculture Policy4/13/2015
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics3/2/2015

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