Reptile Nation Prevails on GA S303

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WELL DONE!!!


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Reptile Nation Prevails on GA S303

*Today the final hearing was held in the Georgia Senate Committee on Natural
Resources & the Environment on S303.* The bill as written would have made owning
any of the Big 5 constrictors prohibitive while failing to address the stated
intent of the bill. Jobs would have been lost and Georgia families and
businesses would have been hurt. USARK provided a well thought out alternative
in the form of our Model State Legislation which addressed issues of secure
containment along with public and environmental safety measures. Committee staff
drew up a Committee Substitute based on the USARK proposal.

During the hearing the bill's sponsor rejected this proposed Committee
Substitute. Vice Chairman Bulloch questioned the decision to reject this
proposed alternative. Other Senators commented in favor of the USARK proposal.
Several Senators also commented on the number of emails generated to their
offices by the USARK grass roots campaign. One Senator said, "I didn't know how
many people were interested in snakes. I had hundreds of emails saying 'No on
S303' in my mailbox". (bold added) Subsequently Senator Bulloch motioned for a 'No Pass'
rating for S303. *The Committee then voted and S303 received a majority 'No
Pass' designation. S303 is now officially dead in Committee.* USARK appreciates
the fair treatment and sincere efforts of the Committee Staff, Chairman
Tolleson, Vice Chairman Bulloch and Committee Members who worked to improve S303.

Thank you to BW Smith of Animal South in Atlanta who attended the hearing on
behalf of USARK. Also a special thanks to all those members of the Reptile
Nation who participated in the grass roots campaign on S303!

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For questions or help contact:
*Andrew Wyatt
*president@usark.org <mailto:president@usark.org>


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[jkobylka]

This is a huge victory. Thank you to ALL that participated in defeating this legislation!

Justin

[kc261]

AWESOME NEWS!! Thanks for sharing! And thanks to USARK and everyone who sent emails, made phone calls, etc.

[lance]

good work everyone this is what needs to be done let your politicians know where here and we have a voice

lance

[Falconsmith]

Nice!

[jsschrei]

That is excellent! Way to go GA, USARK and the reptile community!!!!!!!!

[rabernet]

Thank you BW and USARK! I only wish I could have been at the Capitol Building myself yesterday, but with such short notice (which is the norm when it comes to legislation), I couldn't get out of an already planned vendor review I had to conduct yesterday afternoon. The vendor flew in from out of state, so I had no way to get out early.

Thank you to everyone, including those at Repticon at the end of January who signed letters and petitions to vote NO on this proposed bill!

[astral_dream_god]

Yeeeeeeeeeeei!

[Dragon76]

Congratulations guys!! Big Win! I hope the rest of this campaign works out just as well!!