Bill Summary for Bill Number SB09-154

Date: 02/19/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-154

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-154 to the Committee	PASS

01:41 PM -- Senate Bill 09-154

Senator Hodge, prime sponsor of Senate Bill 09-154, concerning funding of personnel for the "Livestock Health Act." Senator Hodge explained that the bill allows the Commissioner of Agriculture to use continuous appropriations from the Veterinary Vaccine and Service Fund to hire staff and cover additional expenses.

01:42 PM

Dr. Keith Roehr, State Veterinarian, Department of Agriculture, testified on the bill and talked about the importance of adding additional FTEs for laboratory technicians to the Rocky Mountain Regional Animal Health Laboratory. He addressed questions from the committee and distributed a handout (Attachment B).

01:45 PM

Tiffany Brigner, Department of Agriculture, testified in support of the bill and talked about the need to purchase supplies and laboratory expenses with monies from the Veterinary Vaccine and Service Fund. She also discussed the importance to cover expenses from livestock disease tests for infectious or contagious disease control and eradication program.

01:49 PM

Dr. Lori Scott, testified in support of the bill and talked about the importance of using funding from the Veterinary Vaccine and Service Fund to hire staff and cover additional expenses in the Rocky Mountain Regional Animal Health Laboratory.


BILL:	SB09-154
TIME:	01:53:58 PM
MOVED:	Hodge
MOTION:	Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-154 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brophy	Yes
	Gibbs	Yes
	Harvey	Yes
	Kester	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes
	Hodge	Yes
	Isgar	Yes

Final YES: 7 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS