"Henry's Law" put down?
Blogging from the Utah Legislature...
"Henry's Law," the Legislature's long-suffering animal protecton bill named for a tortured one-eyed mongrel, will likely be stomped out of its misery this session like (dare I?) a pheasant at a Viewmont High School football
game.
In the complex machinations of the Senate, Henry's Law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Gene Davis, will likely be supplanted by Sen. Allen Christensen's bill that the Utah Humane Society says will "set Utah's animal abuse code back 50 years."
It's not completely over yet. The committee postponed discussing Henry's Law today, but Davis is sure "It's not going anywhere."
Davis figures Senate GOP leaders want to set up Christensen as a hero after having taking so much flak for opposing Henry's Bill in the past. Even though animal advocates think Christensen's bill is "appalling," the North Ogden Republican hopes his district won't remember come election time, and, perhaps more important, "The Farm Bureau likes his bill," says Davis with a shrug.
"Henry's Law," the Legislature's long-suffering animal protecton bill named for a tortured one-eyed mongrel, will likely be stomped out of its misery this session like (dare I?) a pheasant at a Viewmont High School football
game.In the complex machinations of the Senate, Henry's Law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Gene Davis, will likely be supplanted by Sen. Allen Christensen's bill that the Utah Humane Society says will "set Utah's animal abuse code back 50 years."
It's not completely over yet. The committee postponed discussing Henry's Law today, but Davis is sure "It's not going anywhere."
Davis figures Senate GOP leaders want to set up Christensen as a hero after having taking so much flak for opposing Henry's Bill in the past. Even though animal advocates think Christensen's bill is "appalling," the North Ogden Republican hopes his district won't remember come election time, and, perhaps more important, "The Farm Bureau likes his bill," says Davis with a shrug.
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