03/03/2026
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🚨 ACT NOW 🚨
⚠️ Call or email your Senator
It will only take a few minutes to have a voice for working animals by opposing this bill.
Find your Senator here:
👉 https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/whosmylegislator/
Guaranteeing the right to utilize working animals without infrastructure or oversight does not protect working animals — it protects economic interests.
House Bill S1241aa guarantees:
“The right to utilize working animals… shall be guaranteed.”
It also states: No county, municipality, state agency, or political subdivision shall enact or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or rule more restrictive than state law.
Read the bill here:
👉https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/S1241.pdf
Idaho ranks 48th out of 50 in animal welfare protections.
Idaho currently has no regulatory infrastructure establishing:
• Work-hour maximums
• Load limits
• Mandatory rest periods
• Operational veterinary oversight standards
• Defined inspection protocols
• A formal administrative process for investigating livestock welfare concerns
The Idaho Department of Agriculture has administrative rules for production agriculture — but not for livestock used outside of production contexts.
No operational standards.
No defined oversight framework.
No formal process for welfare investigations.
🔎 Find your Senator here:
👉 https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/whosmylegislator/
