SF0012 • 2024

Meat processing plants-hides and carcasses.

AN ACT relating to hides and carcasses; requiring hide buyers to keep records of hides or pelts purchased as specified; making a conforming amendment; repealing existing provisions relating to the inspection of hides; and providing for an effective date.

Agriculture

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2024-03-07
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/7/2024

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide details on how records should be stored or maintained beyond availability for inspection.

Meat Processing Plants - Hides and Carcasses

This law requires hide buyers to keep records of hides or pelts they purchase, removes old rules about inspecting hides, and sets an immediate effective date.

What This Bill Does

Requires hide buyers to maintain a record of all hides and pelts purchased, including the seller's name, purchase date, and any brands or marks on the hides.
Repeals existing provisions relating to the inspection of hides.

Who It Names or Affects

Hide buyers who purchase animal hides or pelts in Wyoming.

Terms To Know

Hide buyer: A person or company that buys animal hides or pelts from sellers.

Limits and Unknowns

The law does not specify how the records should be stored or maintained beyond requiring them to be available for inspection.
It is unclear what happens if a hide buyer fails to keep proper records as required by this act.

Bill History

2024-03-07 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 55
2024-03-07 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0018
2024-03-04 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0018
2024-03-04 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0018
2024-03-01 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0018
2024-03-01 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-4-0-0
2024-02-29 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2024-02-28 House
H COW:Passed
2024-02-27 House
H Placed on General File
2024-02-27 House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2024-02-21 House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
2024-02-15 House
H Received for Introduction
2024-02-15 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-14-0-0-0
2024-02-14 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2024-02-13 Senate
S COW:Passed
2024-02-13 Senate
S Placed on General File
2024-02-13 Senate
S05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 6-0-0-0-0
2024-02-12 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S05 - Agriculture 28-3-0-0-0
2024-01-24 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2023-12-04 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0127

Bill No.:

SF0012

Effective:

Immediately

LSO No.:

24LSO-0127

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0018

Chapter No.:

55

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Meat processing plants-hides and carcasses.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Requiring hide buyers to keep records of hides and pelts purchased.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill requires animal hide or pelt buyers to keep records of hides or pelts they purchase.

This bill also repeals existing provisions regarding the inspection of hides and pelts.

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

Read the full stored bill text

24LSO-0127

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0012

ENROLLED ACT NO. 18,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

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

Section 1
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W.S. 11
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102 by creating a new subsection (c), 11
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105 and 11
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203 are amended to read:

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102.

Only inspected livestock to be slaughtered; record of cattle slaughtered.

(c)

If a hide is sold to a hide buyer, the bill of sale shall accompany the hide and shall be available for inspection by an authorized Wyoming brand inspector, department inspector, sheriff or deputy sheriff during regular business hours for not less than two (2) years from the date of the sale of the hide.

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105.

Penalties.

Any person violating any provision of W.S.
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101 through 11
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shall be fined not less than seven hundred seventy
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five dollars ($775.00) or more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00), or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.

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203.

Hide buyer; record of purchases to be kept; contents; inspection by sheriff.

Every hide buyer in this state shall keep a true record of all hides and pelts purchased by him, showing the name of the seller of the hides or pelts, the date of purchase and all brands and other identification marks on the hides and pelts
for not less than two (2) years from the date of purchase
. The record shall be open for inspection by the sheriff or his deputy in his county and any livestock inspector.

Section 2
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W.S. 11
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101 and 11
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104 are repealed.

Section 3.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk