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Restore Herdshares & Property Rights in Utah

Use Email Petition & Contact Senators

 

UPDATE: Utah House Bill 104 (HB 104) could be up for a vote in the Senate before noon today and must be up for the vote by midnight tonight when the session ends! Contact senators now!

HB 104 passed the House Committee on March 3, 2015 and the full House on March 5 and is now up for a vote in the Senate. HB 104, Cow-Share Program Amendmentswould restore property rights and allow herdshares in Utah that were outlawed in 2007.

 

Please contact legislators immediately with this Email Petition and follow up with phone calls and texts!

 

See below for details and this Facebook page for updates. 


Spread the word and pass on this alert!
 Item1
Action #1 - Use Email Petition

Please send a message to members of the Senate via this Email Petition and ask them to support HB 104. 

 

Remember to be courteous as this helps to build good relations with the legislature.
 

 Item2
Action #2 - Call Legislators

 

To be most effective, please follow up with phone calls and text messages to Senators. 

The vote could come at any time!

 

Again, please be courteous as this helps to build good relations with the legislature.

See below for phone numbers of Utah senators.

 

To contact your own state representative, look for your county in the roster or enter your address (Who Represents Me).

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Talking Points

 

Reportedly, the bill has been changed to allow for herdshare programs with no more than two milking cows, ten goats or ten sheep. Most any bill allowing shared ownership of dairy animals is a step forward.

  • There are only two licensed raw milk dairies in the state of Utah so the supply of legal milk is limited.
  • While consuming raw dairy products is legal throughout the U.S., many in Utah do not have access to exercise their right except via herdshares.
  • Access to raw dairy is a matter of consumer choice, not a public health issue.
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Contact Info

 

Please follow up your email petition message with courteous phone calls and texts to the Utah Senators. See the list below for phone numbers (H-home, M-mobile/cell).

 

See Senate Roster with links to more details on each senator. To identify your senator, enter your street address for the District Map.

 

UTAH SENATORS (party - district)

 

Adams, J. Stuart (R-22)

H 801-593-1776

 

Bramble, Curtis S. (R-16)

M 801-361-5802

 

Christensen, Allen M. (R-19)

H 801-782-5600

 

Dabakis, Jim (D-2)

M 801-815-3533

 

Davis, Gene (D-3)

M 801-647-8924

 

Dayton, Margaret (R-15)

H 801-221-0623

 

Escamilla, Luz (D-1)

M 801-550-6434

 

Harper, Wayne A. (R-6)

H 801-566-5466

 

Henderson, Deidre M. (R-7)

M 801-787-6197

 

Hillyard, Lyle W. (R-25)

H 435-753-0043

 

Hinkins, David P. (R-27)

H 435-384-5550

 

Iwamoto, Jani (D-4)

M 801-580-8414

 

Jackson, Alvin B. (R-14)

H 801-216-4479

 

Jenkins, Scott K. (R-20)

M 801-678-3147

 

Knudson, Peter C. (R-17)

M 435-730-2026

 

Madsen, Mark B. (R-13)

M 801-360-9389

 

Mayne, Karen (D-5)

H 801-968-7756

 

Millner, Ann (R-18)

M 801-900-3897

 

Niederhauser, Wayne L. (R-9)

M 801-742-1606

 

Okerlund, Ralph (R-24)

M 435-979-7077

 

Osmond, Aaron (R-10)

M 801-888-8742

 

Shiozawa, Brian E. (R-8)

M 801-889-7450

 

Stephenson, Howard A. (R-11)

H 801-572-1038

 

Stevenson, Jerry W. (R-21)

M 801-678-3147

 

Thatcher, Daniel W. (R-12)

M 801-759-4746

 

Urquhart, Stephen H. (R-29)

No phone listed - call (801) 538-1035

 

Van Tassell, Kevin T. (R-26)

M 435-790-0675

 

Vickers, Evan J. (R-28)

M 435-817-5565

 

Weiler, Todd (R-23)

M 801-599-9823

 


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