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H.B. 3845 / S.B. 1921 Legal Comments I have reviewed the bill. In my opinion, it prohibits under any circumstances the slaughter of a horse in Illinois for human consumption. The prohibition extends to slaughter in federally inspected facilities. The bill does not, however, prohibit all slaughter of horses in Illinois. It permits slaughter of a horse in Illinois, whether in a state or federally inspected facility, if the intended use of all of the meat is for purposes other than human consumption, i.e., pet or zoo animal food.
A possible loophole in Sec. 1.5(b) could be closed by replacing of slaughtering with that the person or another will slaughter. The modified sentence, with the proposed change in italics, would then read:
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it is unlawful for any person to possess, to import into or export from this State, or to sell, buy, give away, hold, or accept any horse with the intent that the person or another will slaughter the horse if the person knows or should know that any of the horse meat will be used for human consumption. Prepared for the California Equine Council byLaw Offices of Lowell Finley 1604 Solano Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707-2109 Telephone: 510-290-8823 Fax: 510-526-5424 "Keep America's horses in the stable and off the table!" E-mail HOOFPAC |