AN ACT relating to agriculture and livestock; specifying requirements for distribution of meat pursuant to ownership of an animal share; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
Agriculture
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Representative Lindholm
Last action
2020-03-17
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2020
Plain English Breakdown
Checked against official source text during the last sync.
Animal Shares Act
This law allows people to buy shares of animals and receive meat from those animals, with certain rules about how it works.
What This Bill Does
Defines an animal share as a written contract between someone who wants meat (consumer) and a farmer or rancher that includes owning part of the animal and boarding it for care and processing.
Requires that each animal's ownership is clear before slaughter, and the slaughter follows state rules if needed.
Needs farmers to give warning labels about uninspected meat and information on herd health and meat handling standards.
Limits consumers from selling or donating meat they get through an animal share.
Who It Names or Affects
Farmers and ranchers who sell shares of animals.
People buying shares in animals for meat distribution.
Consumers receiving meat under the terms of an animal share agreement.
Terms To Know
Animal Share
An ownership interest in an animal or herd created by a written contract between an informed end consumer and a farmer or rancher that includes a bill of sale to the consumer for an ownership interest in the animal or herd and a boarding provision under which the consumer boards the animal or herd with the farmer or rancher for care and processing.
Informed End Consumer
Someone who buys shares in animals for personal use, not commercial resale.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify penalties for breaking the rules.
It is unclear how this will affect existing meat inspection laws and regulations.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: The amendment modifies the requirements for distributing meat from an animal share by adding a condition that slaughter must be conducted according to Wyoming Statute 11-23-102(a) when applicable.
Adds a requirement that slaughter must follow Wyoming Statute 11-23-102(a), if it applies.
The amendment does not specify what happens if the statute is not applicable, leaving some uncertainty about when this new condition would be enforced.
Standing Committee • House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment adds a requirement that ownership of each animal must be established before slaughter and allows for the donation of meat in addition to selling it.
Adds a new clause stating that ownership of each animal must be set up before the animal is slaughtered.
Changes existing clauses by shifting their numbering from (ii) to (iii), and from (iii) to (iv).
Allows for meat to be donated in addition to being sold.
The exact implications of these changes on the overall bill are not detailed here.
Plain English: The amendment adds a requirement that meat distribution must follow specific Wyoming state regulations when an animal share owner's meat is prepared for consumption.
Adds the condition that slaughter must be conducted according to Wyoming Statute 11-23-102, if applicable.
The amendment does not specify what happens when the statute is not applicable or how compliance with the statute affects meat distribution.
Bill History
2020-03-17LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 119
2020-03-17Governor
Governor Signed HEA No. 0091
2020-03-12Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0091
2020-03-12House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0091
2020-03-12LSO
Assigned Number HEA No. 0091
2020-03-11Senate
S Appointed JCC01 Members
2020-03-11House
H Appointed JCC01 Members
2020-03-11House
H Concur:Failed 5-55-0-0-0
2020-03-10House
H Received for Concurrence
2020-03-10Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 29-0-0-0-1
2020-03-09Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-03-06Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-03-06Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-03-06Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2020-03-02Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture
2020-02-28Senate
S Received for Introduction
2020-02-27House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-3-2-0-0
2020-02-26House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-25House
H COW:Passed
2020-02-20House
H Placed on General File
2020-02-20House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 8-0-1-0-0
2020-02-14House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture 52-5-3-0-0
2020-02-11House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-10LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 20LSO-0342
Bill No.:
HB0155
Effective:
7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM
LSO No.:
20LSO-0342
Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0091
Chapter No.:
119
Prime Sponsor:
Lindholm
Catch Title:
Animal shares.
Subject:
Selling shares of animals for meat distribution.
Summary/Major Elements:
The act extends the Food Freedom Act (W.S.
11
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49
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101 through 11
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104), which Act allows for a producer's production and sale of homemade food and drink products for home consumption and encourages the expansion of agricultural sales.
The act defines an animal share to be a right that entitles the owner to a share of an animal or herd and provides a right to receive a corresponding share of meat from the animal or herd. The act imposes several conditions on how a share is created and specific contract provisions the share must contain.
The act establishes how meat subject to an animal share must be delivered, including labeling and disclosure requirements.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.
Current Bill Text
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20LSO-0342
ORIGINAL House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
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HB0155
ENROLLED ACT NO. 91,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to agriculture and livestock; specifying requirements for distribution of meat pursuant to ownership of an animal share; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 11
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49
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104 is created to read:
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104.
Animal shares.
(a)
The acquisition of meat from animals by an informed end consumer shall not constitute the sale of meat products in contravention of this act and shall not be prohibited if all of the following conditions are met:
(i)
The meat is delivered pursuant to an animal share and is:
(A)
Received from the farm or ranch where an animal or herd subject to the animal share is located;
(B)
Received by or on behalf of an owner of an animal share;
(C)
Obtained from the particular animal or herd subject to the animal share.
(ii)
Ownership of each animal is established prior to slaughter and the slaughter is conducted pursuant to W.S. 11
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102(a), if applicable;
(iii)
A prominent warning statement that the meat has not been inspected is delivered to the informed
end consumer with the meat or is displayed on a label affixed to the meat packaging;
(iv)
Information describing the standards used by the farm or ranch with respect to herd health, and in the processing of meat from the herd, is provided to the informed end consumer by the farmer or rancher.
(b)
No person who obtains meat in accordance with this section shall sell, donate or commercially redistribute the meat.
(c)
No farmer or rancher shall publish any statement that implies the department of agriculture's approval or endorsement of meat delivered pursuant to an animal share.
Section 2.
W.S. 11
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49
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102(a) by creating a new paragraph (ix) and by amending and renumbering (ix) as (x) and 11
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103(c)(v) by creating a new subparagraph (F) are amended to read:
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102.
Definitions.
(a)
As used in this act:
(ix)
"Animal share" means an ownership interest in an animal or herd of animals created by a written contract between an informed end consumer and a farmer or rancher that includes a bill of sale to the consumer for an ownership interest in the animal or herd and a boarding provision under which the consumer boards the animal or herd with the farmer or rancher for care and processing and the consumer is entitled to receive a share of meat from the animal or herd;
(ix)
(x)
"This act" means W.S. 11
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101 through
11
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103
11
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49
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104
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11
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103.
Wyoming Food Freedom Act; purpose; exemptions; assumption of risk.
(c)
Transactions under this act shall:
(v)
Not involve the sale of meat products, with the following exceptions:
(F)
The sale of meat pursuant to an animal share under W.S.
11
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49
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104.
Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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