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Legislation Information


Pending Legislation


PA's Electronic Bill Room

Type in the word "equine" in the search box to locate bills, (proposed legislation) relating to horses.


Federal Laws


Proposed regs will legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter!

Doubles will be legal for 5 years AFTER the proposed regs go into effect. It has already been 4 1/2 years, that makes 10 years of the continued use of doubles after this legislation passed.
Doubles will be legal for 5 years AFTER the proposed regs go into effect. It has already been 4 1/2 years, that makes for 10 years of the continued use of doubles after this legislation passed..

EPN's Comments

on Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act

CA Equine Council's

Comments on the Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act

State Laws


Proposition 6,

The PROHIBITION of Horse Slaughter and Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption Act Of 1998, Does Not Violate The Commerce Clause


Horsemeat Laws


1996 Commercial Transportation Of Horses To Slaughter Act

December 7, 2001
Final Rule Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act


American Horse Council, American Horse Protection Association, & Humane Society of US

propose to legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter & put the very people identified as the abusers, the "killer buyers" in charge of the horses!

Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act

USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS

Approval of Livestock Facilities;
Interstate Movement of EIA Reactors


USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Regulations

Biological Residues in Horses;
Slaughter of Foaling Mares;
Slaughter of Sick Horses;


USDA APHIS Humane Slaughter Act

Double deck trailer awaits loading of horses at New Holland Sales Stables June 24, 2000.

AZ Transport Law

CA Transport Law

CT Transport Law

MA Transport Law

MN Transport Law

NY Transport Law

Ag and Markets, Section 359-a
 Horses inside double deck cattle trailer stopped by the NYSP. The owner was later convicted & fined $3000.00.
Horses inside double deck cattle trailer stopped by the NYSP. The owner was later convicted & fined $3000.00.

VA Transport Law

Vermont Transport Law

PA Anti Cruelty Law
Title 18, Section 5511

Sign Posted at PA Horse Auctions is NOT the Law!

Sign outside auctions is incorrect!

 Sign posted outside 2 PA horse auctions regarding the PA Anti Cruelty Statute is incorrect! Maybe the posting of this sign has something to do with
Sign posted outside 2 PA horse auctions regarding the PA Anti Cruelty Statute is incorrect! " Maybe the posting of this sign has something to do with "the agreement" that the auctions and the PA SPCA have with each other...

U.S. Anti-Cruelty Statutes

PA Domestic Animal Act

Licensing of Dealers & Haulers

EIA Regulations, Coggins Test


PA Dead Animal Act

Requirements for Removal of Dead Animals

PA Animal Markets

General Provisions
Records
Transactions From Trucks



IL Horsemeat Act

Texas Law

Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption

Prohibits Sale of Horsemeat For Human Consumption

Texas Attorney General Cornyn States TX Law

Prohibiting Sale of Horsemeat Applies to the 2 Texas Horse Slaughterhouses!

lactating chestnut Arab type mare stands in filth in the classic foundered stance.

Links

California Voters "Just Say Neigh" to Horse Slaughter!
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HoofPAC Political Action Committee

HoofPAC is the political action committee that has been formed to end the slaughter of America's horses. Cathleen Doyle, founder of HoofPAC, led the successful Save The Horses campaign in 1998 that made the slaughter of California's horses a felony.


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CHAPTER 149. SALE OF HORSEMEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION


§ 149.001. Definition

In this chapter, "horsemeat" means the flesh of an animal of the genus equus.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.002. Sale or Possession of Horsemeat

A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person sells, offers for sale, or exhibits for sale horsemeat as food for human consumption; or

(2) the person possesses horsemeat with the intent to sell the horsemeat as food for human consumption.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.003. Transfer of Horsemeat

A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) transfers horsemeat to a person who intends to sell the horsemeat, offer or exhibit it for sale, or possess it for sale as food for human consumption; and

(2) knows or in the exercise of reasonable discretion should know that the person receiving the horsemeat intends to sell the horsemeat, offer or exhibit it for sale, or possess it for sale as food for human consumption.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.004. Prima Facie Evidence of Offense

In a prosecution under this chapter, any of the following is prima facie evidence of an offense:

(1) the presence of horsemeat in a retail store in which the meat of cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs is exhibited or kept for sale, unless the horsemeat is in a package or container of not more than five pounds and is plainly labeled "horsemeat";

(2) the presence of horsemeat in the wholesaler's establishment, warehouse, meat locker, meat cooler, or other place of storage or handling of the meat of cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs, unless the horsemeat is in a package or container of not more than five pounds and is plainly labeled "horsemeat";

(3) the presence of horsemeat mixed or commingled with the meat of cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs in hamburger, sausage, or other processed meat products;

(4) the transportation of horsemeat between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., unless the horsemeat is in individual packages or containers of not more than five pounds and is plainly labeled "horsemeat";

(5) the presence of horsemeat in or the delivery or attempted delivery of horsemeat to a restaurant or cafe; and

(6) the presence of horsemeat in or the delivery or attempted delivery of horsemeat to an establishment that prepares, cans, or processes food products for human consumption from the meat of cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.005. Penalty

(a) An offense under this chapter is punishable by:

(1) a fine of not more than $1,000;

(2) confinement in jail for not less than 30 days nor more than two years; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

(b) A second or subsequent offense under this chapter is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two years nor more than five years.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.006. Injunction

On a conviction of an offense under this chapter, the court shall enjoin the defendant from slaughtering animals, selling meat, transporting meat, or in any manner purveying meat to the public as food for human consumption. Each day the injunction is violated constitutes a separate contempt.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

§ 149.007. Effect on Municipal Ordinances

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this chapter does not affect any provision of a municipal ordinance regulating the sale or possession of horsemeat or the licensing of horsemeat dealers.

(b) A municipal ordinance that directly conflicts with this chapter has no effect.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, § 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.


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