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Panel backs bill to remove outdated egg and poultry licensing requirements
Summary
House Bill 1084, which would repeal certain licensing requirements for egg and poultry buyers, sellers and producers and remove a statutory mandate to provide poultry grading when there are no qualifying plants, received unanimous committee support but was not placed on the consent calendar.
The House Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to recommend Do Pass on House Bill 1084, which makes several statutory changes to North Dakota law governing eggs and poultry intended to remove outdated or unnecessary regulations.
Nathan Crowell, dairy coordinator for the Department of Agriculture, testified for the department in support. Crowell said commercial poultry production has shifted to contract operations, few licenses are issued under the current law, and the statutory mandate to cooperate with USDA poultry grading is unnecessary because the state has no qualifying poultry slaughter plants. He described the bill as "intended to eliminate useless regulation."
Committee members took up the motion to recommend passage and approved it by roll call. Members later debated whether to place the bill on the committee consent calendar; after discussion and a procedural vote, the committee decided not to place the bill on the consent calendar and the bill will proceed on the regular calendar.
The bill sponsor and department staff said the change aligns regulation with current industry structure and reduces administrative burden.
