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Committee defers resolution that would impose strict liability on keepers or feeders of certain animals
Summary
The House committee deferred SCR 71 after extensive public testimony opposing a proposal to create strict civil liability for individuals who keep, harbor or feed certain animals; testifiers said the measure would punish helpers and urged humane, targeted solutions.
The Committee on Agriculture and Food Systems on April 17 deferred SCR 71, a resolution urging the legislature to establish strict liability for individuals who keep, harbor, or feed certain animals in a manner that causes property damage.
The decision followed extensive public testimony opposing the resolution. Stephanie Kendrick of the Hawaii Humane Society said the measure ‘‘punishes…
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