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Committee hears bill to repeal outdated feedlot dead-animal inspection requirements
Summary
Senate Bill 79 would remove long-standing statutory requirements that a brand inspector verify and notify owners when an animal dies at a feedlot and would repeal an associated penalty; proponents said modern communications and low compliance make the rules obsolete. The committee held a hearing but took no vote.
At a House Agriculture Committee hearing, lawmakers heard testimony on Senate Bill 79, which would repeal statutory requirements that the Department of Livestock inspect dead animals at feedlots and notify owners — a provision the sponsor and department called obsolete.
Senator Josh Kasmier (Senate District 13), the bill sponsor, told the committee SB79 is "simply repealing a couple old codes, inspection of dead animals, and feed lots, and the penalties." He said modern communications between livestock owners and feedlot operators make the…
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