HB 347-CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANIMAL RECORDS                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
1:46:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR PATKOTAK announced  that the final order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO. 347,  "An Act relating to  the confidentiality                                                               
of certain state  records relating to animals;  and providing for                                                               
an effective date."  [Before  the committee, adopted as a working                                                               
document  on  3/4/22,  was  Version  I,  the  proposed  committee                                                               
substitute  (CS)  for  HB   347,  labeled  32-LS1471\I,  Bullard,                                                               
2/28/22.]                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:46:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RAUSCHER,  prime sponsor  of HB 347,  made closing                                                               
comments on the bill.  He  noted there is consensus on both sides                                                               
of the  argument regarding the problem  that is faced.   He urged                                                               
committee members to  vote yes on HB 347, an  important bill that                                                               
was several years in the making.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
[Although  a Version  G  had  not been  previously  adopted as  a                                                               
working  document,  the  following  motion  was  made  to  report                                                               
Version G out of committee.]                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:47:33 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  HOPKINS moved  to  report CSHB  347, Version  32-                                                               
LS1471\G,  Bullard,  3/4/22,  out of  committee  with  individual                                                               
recommendations and  the accompanying [zero] fiscal  note.  There                                                               
being no objection,  CSHB 347(RES) was reported out  of the House                                                               
Resources Standing Committee.