| | 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 p assed 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 Amendments, would 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.
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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.
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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). |
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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