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Committee advances Working Animal Protection Act over concerns about local control
Summary
Representative Rachel Rodriguez Williams presented House Bill 63 to prohibit local ordinances that would terminate or unduly restrict the use of "working animals" in lawful commerce.
Representative Rachel Rodriguez Williams presented House Bill 63, the "Working Animal Protection Act," asserting the measure is intended to protect "working animals" used in lawful commerce and to prevent local bans that would disrupt agritourism, rodeo, carriage operations and other activities the sponsor described as part of Wyoming's western heritage.
The bill would create two new provisions in state law. The first would prohibit counties and municipalities from enacting an ordinance, resolution or policy that terminates, bans, or unduly restricts a person from using a working animal in lawful commerce or animal enterprises. The bill defines "working animal" as a nonhuman animal used primarily to perform a specific duty…
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