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PA HB324

Bill

Status

Passed

2/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands poultry technician duties from only drawing blood for pullorum testing to collecting regulatory samples from poultry and eggs and conducting on-site surveillance for dangerous transmissible diseases

  • Replaces U.S. citizenship requirement with authorization to legally work in the United States under federal and state law; removes "good moral character" and 8th-grade education requirements

  • Doubles licensure fees from $5 to $10 for both initial applications and annual renewals

  • Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide training in Spanish and establish licensing standards through general quarantine orders

  • Removes the restriction prohibiting licensed technicians from being employed by the poultry owner whose birds they test

Legislative Description

Further providing for collection of samples, for technician requirements, for licensure, for powers and duties of Secretary of Agriculture and for blood sample restrictions.

Last Action

Act No. 1 of 2025

2/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/4/2025
Agriculture & Rural Affairs2/3/2025
Appropriations1/29/2025
Agriculture & Rural Affairs1/27/2025

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