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Senate panel clears bill to rename livestock agency to Board of Animal Health and adjust veterinary membership
Summary
Committee advanced legislation renaming the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission as the Board of Animal Health and increasing veterinarian representation on the board to three, with technical cleanup of enabling language.
Senators considered a largely technical bill to change the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission's name to the Board of Animal Health and to adjust board composition and certain statutory language.
Secretary West Ward of the Department of Agriculture said the principal functional change is adding a third veterinarian member to the board (one poultry, one large-animal and one general-practice veterinarian) to reflect the board's veterinary oversight responsibilities. The bill also removes dated or unused statutory language and updates references to duties so the code matches current practice.
No public opposition was offered in committee. Senators passed the bill as presented and described it as mostly a name change plus technical cleanup.
