Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: prohibiting the quarantine of certain animals based on exposure to chronic wasting disease.
Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Animal — Disease Hunting
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has the authority to quarantine farmed animals if it suspects an animal is infected with chronic wasting disease (CWD).
This bill prohibits DATCP from ordering the quarantine of an animal that belongs to a species that is known to neither carry nor be susceptible to CWD, including deer belonging to the species
Dama dama,
based solely on an incident of the animal having been exposed to CWD. Deer in the
Dama dama
species are commonly referred to as “fallow” deer.
Sponsors
Registered lobbying interests · 1
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