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House Agriculture Committee advances bill to bar use of unmanned craft to harass livestock
Summary
The House Agriculture Committee voted to pass House Bill 1429 as amended, adding definitions and narrow surveillance exceptions to a measure that targets harassment of livestock using remote devices such as drones.
The House Agriculture Committee voted to give House Bill 1429 a do-pass recommendation as amended, advancing a measure that would make it unlawful to use remote devices to harass livestock.
Representative Holly, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the amendments restore the bill’s original focus on harassment of animals. “This amendment kinda gets back to my intention of the bill, which is mostly when it pertains to harassment of livestock,” Holly said. The amended text clarifies definitions for…
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