FRITCHEY-BIGGINS-MAY-FLOWERS-FEIGENHOLTZ, BURKE, LANG, ZICKUS, BELLOCK, KURTZ, DELGADO, FRANKS, MATHIAS AND YARBROUGH. New Act Creates the Safe Egg and Laying Hen Protection Act. Prohibits the use of forced (starvation-induced) molting procedures. Makes violation a Class A misdemeanor. Provides for administration by the Department of Agriculture. Authorizes additional rulemaking to protect laying hens. Authorizes civil penalties and certain enforcement actions. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Illinois Department of Agriculture) HB 756 would impose a cost of $290,000 a year upon the De- partment of Agriculture to implement. This total represents $180,000 to hire five full-time inspectors, $80,000 to purchase vehicles for the inspectors, and $30,000 for miscellaneous operating costs associated with implementing HB 756. As the Department does not currently regulate laying hen operations or know how many exist in Illinois, this cost figure could poten- tially be higher, depending upon the number of such operations within the State. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes provisions relating to USDA and close-confinement cages. FEB-07-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-07-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-07-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-14-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED FEB-14-2001 H COMMITTEE RULES FEB-15-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURKE FEB-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LANG FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ZICKUS FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK FEB-22-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KURTZ FEB-28-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DELGADO MAR-07-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS MAR-07-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY MAR-07-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MATHIAS MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR BIGGINS MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MAY MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FEIGENHOLTZ MAR-09-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR YARBROUGH MAR-14-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-AGRICULTURE H MAR-14-2001 H ADOPTED MAR-14-2001 H MOTION DO PASS AS AMENDED-LOST 000-011-000 HAGR MAR-14-2001 H REMAINS IN COMMITTEE AGRICULTURE MAR-16-2001 H RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A) RULES HRUL JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary