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Utah House approves animal-cruelty amendments adding hunting-area safety carve-out
Summary
The House adopted an amendment narrowing first substitute HB210’s scope by specifying ‘where hunting is not prohibited’ and passed the amended bill 44–28, sending it to the Senate. Supporters said the change reduces safety risks in populated areas; critics warned of a potential loophole.
The Utah House on Feb. 25 amended and passed first substitute House Bill 210, a measure adjusting animal-cruelty law to allow limited humane shooting of feral animals in certain unincorporated county areas and then approved the amended bill 44–28, referring it to the Senate.
Representative McKiff, sponsor of Amendment No. 1, told colleagues the change inserts the phrase “where hunting is not prohibited” at two locations in the bill to narrow the definition of unincorporated-area authority and reduce…
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