Ballot Title Setting Board
2007-2008

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the prohibition of certain restrictive confinement practices for specified farm animals, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, the confinement of a calf raised for veal, an egg-laying hen, or a pregnant pig in a manner that does not allow the animal to fully extend its limbs or wings and turn in a complete circle without impediment for the majority of any day; specifying that violations of this prohibition shall be misdemeanors and delaying the applicable effective dates to allow time to modify agricultural practices to conform with this law.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the prohibition of certain restrictive confinement practices for specified farm animals, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting, with certain exceptions, the confinement of a calf raised for veal, an egg-laying hen, or a pregnant pig in a manner that does not allow the animal to fully extend its limbs or wings and turn in a complete circle without impediment for the majority of any day; specifying that violations of this prohibition shall be misdemeanors and delaying the applicable effective dates to allow time to modify agricultural practices to conform with this law?

Hearing February 20, 2008

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Hearing adjourned 4:11 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Farm Animal Confinement" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.