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Committee backs bill opposing mandatory electronic identification for livestock; preserves veterinarians' authority for interstate movement
Summary
The committee advanced Senate File 64, a bill opposing mandatory electronic identification for livestock in Wyoming and directing the Livestock Board to inform producers about voluntary identification options; it passed 8-1.
The committee voted to advance Senate File 64, a bill expressing Wyoming's opposition to mandatory electronic identification (EID) for livestock and directing the Livestock Board to inform producers of available, historically used identification methods.
Sponsor Senator Sherry Steinmetz said the bill codifies policy opposing mandatory EID and notes Wyoming's long use of brands, back tags, tattoos and metal ear tags. "Wyoming already has identification methods that are far superior to the mandatory EID rules," Steinmetz said, and the bill asks the U.S. Department of Agriculture for full accounting of EID…
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