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HB0087 • 2024

Brucellosis testing amendments.

AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; amending the requirements for the Wyoming livestock board to provide brucellosis testing information as specified; making conforming amendments; 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 Davis
Last action
2024-02-14
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so its provisions will not be implemented.

Brucellosis Testing Changes

The bill amends the requirements for the Wyoming livestock board to provide brucellosis testing information, including when test results must be shared with animal owners and local veterinarians and brand inspectors.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends the requirements for the Wyoming livestock board to release information related to confirmed non-negative brucellosis tests in the county where the test was conducted.
  • Requires the state veterinarian to notify the owner of a tested animal with non-negative results within three days and all brand inspectors and veterinarians in the county within seven days after receiving preliminary lab results.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Owners of animals tested for brucellosis
  • Veterinarians and brand inspectors in Wyoming

Terms To Know

Brucellosis
A disease that can affect cattle, bison, goats, sheep, and pigs. It is caused by bacteria and can cause animals to abort their young.
Brand inspector
An official who checks the identification marks on livestock to make sure they are correctly identified.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in its current session.
  • It does not specify how the information will be shared or what form it should take.

Bill History

  1. 2024-02-14 House

    H Failed Introduction 41-20-1-0-0

  2. 2024-01-29 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2024-01-29 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
24LSO-0375
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0375
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0087

Brucellosis testing amendments.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Davis, Allred, Conrad, Heiner and Sommers and Senator(s) Kolb

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to agriculture, livestock and other animals; amending the requirements for the Wyoming livestock board to provide brucellosis testing information as specified; making conforming amendments; 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. 11
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18
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117(b) and 11
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19
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102(a)(intro) and (f) are amended to read:

11
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18
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117.

Confidentiality of livestock premises and identification records; penalties.

(b)

The Wyoming livestock board may release any information related to a confirmed non
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negative brucellosis test in the county where the animal testing non
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negative is located, subject to W.S. 11
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18
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103(a)(xii), and may release information collected for the purposes of a livestock identification program related to the ownership and location of individual animals to the extent the information is useful in controlling or preventing a disease outbreak or to show particular animals or herds are not involved in a disease outbreak.
The Wyoming livestock board shall provide the results of a non
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negative test result to the owner of the tested animal not later than three (3) days after receipt of the first preliminary laboratory results and to all brand inspectors and veterinarians in the county where the non
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negative test originated not later than seven (7) days after receipt of the first preliminary laboratory results.

11
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19
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102.

Duty of public to report diseases; list of reportable diseases; failure to comply or obstruction of duty; liability; penalties.

(a)

Any person or government entity who knows or suspects that there is any contagious or infectious reportable disease among animals owned by or under their jurisdiction or any veterinarian who knows or suspects any reportable contagious or infectious disease on any premises or in any animal, shall immediately report the same to the state veterinarian.

The state veterinarian shall establish and manage a list of reportable diseases for any contagious or infectious disease deemed by the state veterinarian to be a threat to domestic animals. During development of this list the state veterinarian shall consult with the Wyoming game and fish department's supervisor of veterinary research services.

Information collected in response to the list of reportable diseases shall be considered confidential proprietary information. Access to any information collected under the list of reportable diseases shall be limited to the person who reported the disease and the state veterinarian, except that the state veterinarian
shall notify the owner of the animal and all veterinarians and brand inspectors in the county where a non
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negative test originated pursuant to subsection (f) of this section and
may at his discretion notify any of the following:

(f)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section,

T
he state veterinarian shall provide
testing information
the results of a non
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negative brucellosis test
to the owner of
an
the tested
animal
that has tested non
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negative for brucellosis
not later than three (3) days after receipt of the
first
preliminary laboratory results
and to all brand inspectors and veterinarians in the county where the non
‑
negative test originated not later than seven (7) days after receipt of the first preliminary laboratory results
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2024
.

(END)

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