SB 6104 - DIGEST

     Declares that an action that constitutes animal cruelty in the second degree and that causes, at any one time, the death of three or more laying hens that constitute three or more percent of the laying hens in a facility is not an accepted husbandry practice used in the commercial raising of poultry or products thereof.

     Requires the director of the department of agriculture to establish a program for conducting inspections of facilities in which one hundred or more laying hens are kept and has the authority to conduct such inspections.