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Committee declines to recommend ban on adhesive rodent traps after debate over animal welfare and alternatives
Summary
The House Environment and Agriculture Committee followed a subcommittee recommendation and did not recommend HB 1351 (a ban on adhesive rodent traps) for future legislation after members debated animal-welfare concerns, alternatives such as contraception and raptors, and proposals for warning labels.
The House Environment and Agriculture Committee declined to recommend HB 1351, which would have prohibited adhesive-based rodent traps, following a subcommittee report and extended member debate over animal welfare and practical alternatives.
Representative Bixby, reporting the subcommittee recommendation, said the subcommittee voted 4–1 not to proceed because members did not see how new legislation would differ…
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