HR1014 HFLR Page 1 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE RESOLUTION 1014 By: Sneed AS INTRODUCED A Resolution commending the benefits and contributions of purebred dogs and recognizing April 8th, 2025, as Purebred Dog Day in the State of Oklahoma; directing distribution of copies of the resolution. WHEREAS, dedicated individuals in Oklahoma breed dogs to develop unique predictable characteristics that enable dogs to excel in a wide range of beneficial areas; and WHEREAS, purebred dogs are living legacies of the cultures that created them, and historically, these dogs worked alongside their people and provided them companionship; and WHEREAS, the service of these breeds contin ues as they work alongside humans and provide inestimable companionship as guide dogs, service dogs, conservation dogs, livestock guardians, search and rescue dogs, earth dogs, police dogs, canine soldiers serving by HR1014 HFLR Page 2 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 the sides of our military men and women , and guardians of family, home, and hearth; and WHEREAS, purebred dogs have been of enormous help to medical science, serving as models for many heritable human diseases, playing a role in humanity 's understanding of the human and canine genomes, and benefitting pharmaceutical research and development; and WHEREAS, purebred dogs are working dogs, serving as avalanche dogs, trackers and trailers, herders, controllers of vermin, water rescuers, carting and sled dogs, retrievers, protectors, hunters, and bird dogs; and WHEREAS, all dogs should be val ued whatever their ancestry, but the purpose-bred dog and the predictability of its breed should be cherished and preserved; and WHEREAS, each breed is incredibly etched in the history of the culture that created i t, just as surely as that culture 's music, art, and language, making it abundantly fitting that we recognize purebred dogs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE: THAT the House of Representatives commend the benefits and contributions of purebred dogs and recognize s April 8th, 2025, as Purebred Dog Day in the State of Oklahoma . HR1014 HFLR Page 3 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Speaker of the House is authorized and directed to make appropriate copi es of this resolution available for distribution to the public and the press. DIRECT TO CALENDAR.