Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB1171

Amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to slaughter a horse if that person knows or should know that any of the horse meat will be used for human consumption and that any person who knowingly does so shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to possess, to import into or export from the State, or to sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept any horse meat if that person knows or should know that any of the horse meat will be used for human consumption and that any person who knowingly does so shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Repeals a Section that excludes registered horse meat that is labeled as such in hermetically sealed containers and horse meat prepared in federally inspected plants from the provisions of the Act. Amends the Animals Intended for Food Act. Removes horses, mules, or other equidae from the definition of the term "Animal". Amends the Illinois Equine Infectious Anemia Control Act. Eliminates the testing exemption for horses transported into the State for the sole purpose of slaughter. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Eliminates an exception that allows a person to sell, offer to sell, lead, ride, transport, or drive on any public way equidae that is being sold, transported, or housed with the intent that it will be moved in an expeditious and humane manner to an approved slaughtering establishment. Excludes downed animals of the equine genus from those downed animals that may be sent directly to a slaughter facility . Amends the Humane Slaughter of Livestock Act. Provides that "Livestock" does not include horses, mules, or other equidae to be used in and for the preparation of meat or meat products for consumption by human beings. Effective immediately.