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STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-03671HB0216
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0216
Prohibition on gas chamber euthanasia of animals.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh, Larsen, L, Lucas,
Provenza, Storer and Wasserburger and
Senator(s) Gierau
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to animals; amending provisions governing
2 euthanasia of pets as specified; providing definitions;
3 creating a misdemeanor for the destruction of animals as
4 specified; providing a penalty; making a conforming
5 amendment; and providing for an effective date.
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9W.S. 6-3-1011 is created to read:
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13 (a) No animal control facility shall euthanize a pet
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2 section. For purposes of this section, the euthanasia
3 solution shall be administered by:
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5 (i) Intravenous injection by hypodermic needle;
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7 (ii) Intraperitoneal injection by hypodermic
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13 (b) If an animal control facility euthanizes pets,
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16 (i) Adopt a policy for euthanasia that complies
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19 (ii) Adopt a policy requiring persons who
20 perform or assist with euthanasia by injection to attend a
21 training program upon initial certification and at least
22 one (1) time every two (2) years thereafter; and
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4 (c) The requirements imposed on animal control
5 facilities by subsection (b) of this section are in
6 addition to the requirements imposed on animal euthanasia
7 technicians in W.S. 33-30-223 and 33-30-224.
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9W.S. 6-3-1001(a)(ii) and by creating new
10 paragraphs (iv) and (v), 6-3-1003 by creating a new
11 subsection (d), 6-3-1004(a) and (b)(ii) and 6-3-1008(a)(i)
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16 (a) As used in this article:
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18 (ii) "Household pet" means any privately owned
19 dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, mouse, gerbil,
20 ferret, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, invertebrate or any
21 other species of domesticated animal sold, transferred or
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1. "Household pet" shall not
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6 (a) A first offense of cruelty to animals or of a
7 violation of W.S. 6-3-1003 is a misdemeanor
8 punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6)
9 months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars
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12 (b) A second or subsequent conviction, resulting from
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16 (ii) Under W.S. 6-3-1003 is a
17 misdemeanor offense punishable by imprisonment for not more
18 than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five thousand
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2 (a) Nothing in this article may be construed to
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9. This act is effective July 1, 2025.
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