Second Regular Session Sixty-sixth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 08-0462.01 Jery Payne HOUSE BILL 08-1096 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Stafford, SENATE SPONSORSHIP (None), House Committees Senate Committees Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning a prohibition on the intentional confinement of animals for the purpose of hunting. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.) Prohibits a person from offering another person the opportunity to hunt, wound, or take any mammal that is intentionally confined, tied, staked, caged, or otherwise restrained from engaging in normal movement. Allows exceptions for slaughtering a mammal for purposes of meat, leather, or fur production or humanely euthanizing a mammal for health, safety, or scientific purposes. Establishes penalties. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Article 6 of title 33, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to read: 33-6-132. Hunting confined animals - prohibition - exceptions - penalties. (1) It is unlawful for a person to offer another person the opportunity to hunt, wound, or take any mammal that is: (a) Intentionally confined in an enclosure, regardless of the size of the enclosure; or (b) Intentionally tied, staked, caged, or otherwise restrained from engaging in normal movement. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person may: (a) Take a mammal at a slaughtering establishment for purposes of meat, leather, or fur production; or (b) Humanely euthanize a mammal for health, safety, or scientific purposes. (3) Any person who violates this section: (a) With respect to big game or endangered species, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars. Upon such conviction, the commission may suspend any or all wildlife license privileges of the person for a minimum of one year to life. (b) With respect to all other mammals, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and an assessment of twenty hunting license suspension points. SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.