Bill Text: HI SB1522 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Dogs; Large-scale Dog Breeding; Regulation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [SB1522 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1522-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1491

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1522

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1522, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DOGS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to regulate large-scale dog breeding operations and facilities to protect the public and prevent the cruel treatment of dogs by establishing licensing requirements that ensure that every dog under the licensee's care is provided with:

 

(1)  Adequate rest between breeding cycles;

 

(2)  Necessary veterinary care;

 

(3)  Regular exercise;

 

(4)  Sufficient food and clean water;

 

(5)  Sufficient housing and protection from the elements; and

 

(6)  Sufficient space to turn and stretch freely, lie down, and fully extend its limbs.

 

     The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Hawaiian Humane Society, The Humane Society of the United States, Boxer Club of Hawaii, West Hawaii Humane Society, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Hawaiian Kennel Club commented on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1522, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair