2011 House Bill 4567 / Public Act 121

Expand horse health testing requirements

Introduced in the House

April 21, 2011

Introduced by Rep. Patrick Somerville (R-23)

To expand and revise various equine (horse) testing requirements intended to protect animals in this state from getting or spreading disease and contamination.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

June 22, 2011

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 23, 2011

Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

June 28, 2011

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

June 30, 2011

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Amendment offered

To require the state to pay to disease-test horses outside a quarter-mile radius from the location of a horse found to have infectious anemia.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To expand and revise various equine (horse) testing requirements intended to protect animals in this state from getting or spreading disease and contamination.

Received in the House

June 30, 2011

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

July 20, 2011