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Committee advances bill to reduce maximum breeder pen size and increase penalties for serious violations
Summary
SB 28 44 would reduce maximum individual commercial deer breeder pen size from 100 acres to 20 acres (no total facility acreage cap), add enhanced penalties for serious violations, and include grandfathering and clerical‑error exemptions; committee adopted a substitute and reported the bill favorably.
Senate Bill 28 44, presented by Senator Perry, would reduce the maximum size of a single deer breeding enclosure from 100 acres to 20 acres, increase penalties for the most serious violations related to breeder permits, and preserve grandfathering for existing permitted pens larger than 20 acres.
Perry told the committee the change would help permit holders locate and manage pens and more accurately report inventories. The committee substitute added mens rea language and a clerical‑error exemption intended…
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