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HB0066 • 2022

Working animal protection act.

AN ACT relating to counties, cities and towns; prohibiting counties, cities and towns from enacting and enforcing policies on the use of animals as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Rodriguez-Williams
Last action
2022-02-18
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and was never introduced for consideration, so there is no official text beyond the summary provided.

Working Animal Protection Act

The bill stops cities and counties from making rules that limit the use of working animals in businesses or activities.

What This Bill Does

  • Prevents cities and towns from creating laws that stop people from using working animals for business purposes.
  • Stops counties from passing policies that ban or make it hard to use working animals in lawful commerce or animal enterprises.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Cities and towns that might want to make laws about working animals.
  • Counties considering policies related to the use of working animals.
  • Businesses and individuals who rely on working animals for their work.

Terms To Know

Working animal
A non-human animal used primarily for specific duties in commerce or animal enterprises, excluding farm animals raised for food or fiber.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was never introduced for consideration.
  • It does not affect existing laws about public health, safety, or zoning rules.
  • Farm animals used primarily for food or fiber production are excluded from the definition of working animals.

Bill History

  1. 2022-02-18 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

  2. 2022-02-11 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2022-02-04 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
22LSO-0015
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0015
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0066

Working animal protection act.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams, Fortner, Laursen, Neiman and Winter and Senator(s) French

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to counties, cities and towns; prohibiting counties, cities and towns from enacting and enforcing policies on the use of animals as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 15
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133 and 18-2-117 are created to read:

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133.

Working animal protections.

(a)

No city or town shall enact an ordinance or policy that terminates, bans or unduly impedes a person from using a working animal in lawful commerce or animal enterprise.

(b)

This section supersedes any municipal ordinance or policy that conflicts with this section, including any conflicting municipal ordinance in effect prior to July 1, 2022, but shall not supersede:

(i)

Any municipal zoning ordinance enacted under this title;

(ii)

Any municipal ordinance or policy relating to public health or public safety.

(c)

This section shall not be interpreted to amend any other Wyoming law that relates to animal care, public health or public safety, including the provisions of W.S. 23
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3
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109.

(d)

As used in this section, "working animal" means a nonhuman animal used primarily for the purpose of performing a specific duty or function in commerce or animal enterprise including human service, legal hunting, agriculture, ranching, husbandry, transportation, education, competition, tourism, entertainment or exhibition. The term does not include rabbits, llamas, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry or any other animal that is used primarily for the production of food or fiber.

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117.

Working animal protections.

(a)

No county shall enact any resolution or policy that terminates, bans or unduly impedes a person from using a working animal in lawful commerce or animal enterprise.

(b)

This section supersedes any resolution or policy that conflicts with this section, including any conflicting county resolution in effect prior to July 1, 2022, but shall not supersede:

(i)

Any county zoning resolution enacted under this title;

(ii)

Any policy relating to public health or public safety.

(c)

This section shall not be interpreted to amend any other Wyoming law that relates to animal care, public health or public safety, including the provisions of W.S. 23
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3
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109.

(d)

As used in this section, "working animal" means a nonhuman animal used primarily for the purpose of performing a specific duty or function in commerce or animal enterprise including human service, legal hunting, agriculture, ranching, husbandry, transportation, education, competition, tourism, entertainment or exhibition. The term does not include rabbits, llamas, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry or any other animal that is used primarily for the production of food or fiber.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(END)

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