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Municipalities seeking to respond to concerns of puppy mills in their communities will no longer have the ability to act if House Bill 5917<\/a>\u00a0is passed. The legislation\u00a0will create a new act to prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, resolution, or rule that regulates pet shops. Currently, the League is aware of only a few communities who have passed such an ordinance.\u00a0This legislation is an attempt to further erode local control.<\/p>\n

House Bill 5917 is in committee for a vote tomorrow morning. The committee posting can be found HERE<\/a>. Contact members of the House Agriculture Committee<\/a>\u00a0today, and encourage them to vote NO. Decision-making is best when at the local level for localized issues. This legislation removes the ability of the local governing body to react to issues brought forth by local constituents.The issue of puppy mills has been discussed in communities across the state, yet very few have proceeded with regulating pet shops in such a manner. House Bill 5917 is a solution in search of a problem that doesn’t exist!<\/p>\n

Members of the House Agriculture committee are listed below.<\/p>\n

Tom Barrett<\/a>\u00a0(R) Committee Chair, 71st District<\/span><\/div>\n
Julie Alexander<\/a>\u00a0(R) Majority Vice-Chair, 64th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Dan Lauwers<\/a>\u00a0(R) 81st District<\/span><\/div>\n
Gary Howell<\/a>\u00a0(R) 82nd District<\/span><\/div>\n
Thomas Albert<\/a>\u00a0(R) 86th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Julie Calley<\/a>\u00a0(R) 87th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Ben Frederick<\/a>\u00a0(R) 85th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Brian Elder<\/a>\u00a0(D) Minority Vice-Chair, 96th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Phil Phelps<\/a>\u00a0(D) 49th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Terry Sabo<\/a>\u00a0(D) 92nd District<\/span><\/div>\n
Tim Sneller<\/a>\u00a0(D) 50th District<\/span><\/div>\n
Sara Cambensy<\/a>\u00a0(D) 109th District<\/span><\/div>\n
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The League will continue to follow this legislation and provide updates as available.<\/div>\n
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Jennifer Rigterink\u00a0is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development, land use and municipal services issues. \u00a0She can be reached at jrigterink@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Municipalities seeking to respond to concerns of puppy mills in their communities will no longer have the ability to act if House Bill 5917\u00a0is passed. The legislation\u00a0will create a new act to prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, resolution, or rule that regulates pet shops. 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