General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5688
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 1643
*01643*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5688
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 1643
*01643*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONFINEMENT OF SOWS DURING GESTATION, EGG-LAYING HENS AND CALVES RAISED FOR VEAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to provide that no person shall tether or confine any gestating sow, egg-laying hen or calf raised for veal, on a farm, for all or the majority of any day, in a manner that prevents such animal from: (1) Lying down, standing up and fully extending its limbs, and (2) turning around freely.
Statement of Purpose:
To enable farm animals to move around and be treated humanely.