SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1727

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LOVE (Sponsor), MCGAUGH, REIBOLDT, SCHIEFFER, ANDERSON, HURST, BLACK AND HOUGHTON (Co-sponsors).

5747H.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 265, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to livestock processing.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 265, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 265.480, to read as follows:

            265.480. No state agency shall exclude any species of livestock from processing through the agricultural or environmental permitting process if the processing facility is qualified to process meat for human consumption and interstate commerce and meets all United States Department of Agriculture standards for processing livestock.

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