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HB 3202 Headed for House Floor at Oklahoma Capitol
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 7:35:33 CST
HB 3202, authored by Rep. Don Armes, would protect a livestock owner's right to perform traditional animal husbandry practices as well as utilize equine dentists, chiropractors and farriers at the discretion of the livestock owner. According to the According to the blogsite, OkAgPolicy.org, this is a priority issue for Oklahoma Farm Bureau this session.
Earlier this month, the bill passed House Ag Committee chaired by Armes on an 11 to 3 vote. Those legislators voting for the legislation where Reps. Don Armes, Dale DeWitt, John Enns, Eddie Fields, Steve Kouplen, Leslie Osborn, Charles Ortega, R.C. Pruett, Todd Russ, Mike Sanders, and Harold Wright. Legislators who voted against the Farm Bureau-supported legislation were Reps. Brian Renegar, Phil Richardson and Dennis Bailey.
There is a companion measure in the Senate, SB1999 which is authored by State Senator Mike Schulz of Altus. It has also cleared the Senate Ag Committee with little opposition.
It appears that the measure may be considered as early as next Tuesday by the full House. On the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Facebook page- they are calling on their members to flood the capitol on February 16- "OFB is calling all members to the Capitol at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16 to rally for private property rights. Join us in our efforts to protect the rights to care for our livestock and hire whom we choose to care for our livestock. Legislators need to hear from you!"
Click on the Listen Bar below to hear our conversation with State Representative Don Armes about HB3202- he says it feels like he has been working on this issue for a long time.
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