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Senate advances bill tightening theft defenses to protect livestock owners
Summary
Senate sponsor said the measure closes a legal loophole allowing individuals to remove livestock by claiming Animals were sick; sponsor said the bill does not apply to domestic pets and does not block abuse reports. The bill advanced with a floor vote; transcript vote lines were partially garbled and precise tally is not specified in all places.
Senator Vickers told the Utah Senate the first substitute to House Bill 114 responds to a legal gap that surfaced after a court case in southern Utah: under current law, someone could remove livestock from private property if they believed an animal was injured or sick.
"It's simply the court case did, make us alert to a loophole in the law that would allow some an individual to come on, someone's personal property and take and take a piece of…
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