SB 412 - Under this act, no law, ordinance, or rule shall be enacted by any political subdivision of the state that terminates, bans, or effectively bans, by creating undue financial hardship, the job or use of working animals or an enterprise employing working animals. Nothing in the act shall prevent the establishment of or alter the laws, ordinances, or rules of a political subdivision regarding animal care, public health, or public safety; unless such law, ordinance, or rule is in violation of the act, in which case, the act shall supersede such law, ordinance, or rule.
This act is identical to SB 159 (2021), the perfected HCS/HBs 647 & 841 (2021), the perfected HCS/HB 1752 (2020) and SB 979 (2020), and is similar to SB 416 (2019), SCS/HB 559 (2019), and HB 1021 (2019).
JAMIE ANDREWS