| Chapter 234 |
| 2024 -- S 2150 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED Enacted 06/24/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT OF A COVERED ANIMAL |
Introduced By: Senators Rogers, Tikoian, de la Cruz, F. Lombardi, McKenney, Burke, E Morgan, Paolino, DeLuca, and Ciccone |
| Date Introduced: January 24, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 4-1.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 4-1.1 entitled "Unlawful |
| Confinement of a Covered Animal" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 4-1.1-4. Exceptions. [Effective July 1, 2026.] |
| This chapter shall not apply: |
| (1) During medical research; |
| (2) Temporary confinement prior to and during examination, testing, individual treatment |
| or operation for veterinary purposes; |
| (3) During transportation; |
| (4) During rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions, 4-H programs, and similar |
| exhibitions or educational programs; |
| (5) During temporary confinement for animal husbandry purposes for no more than six (6) |
| hours in any twenty-four-hour (24) period, unless ordered by a licensed veterinarian; |
| (6) During the humane slaughter of a covered animal in accordance with the provisions of |
| chapter 17 of this title, and other applicable laws and regulations; |
| (7) To a sow during the five-day (5) period prior to the sow’s expected date of giving birth |
| and any day that the sow is nursing piglets; |
| (8) To calves being trained to exhibit; and |
| (9) To calves being trained to accept routine confinement in dairy and beef housing.; and |
| (10) Egg layingTo egg-laying hens kept for commercial egg production until January 1, |
| 2030, at which time this exemption shall expire. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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