PRINTER'S NO. 3101
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2193
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY HANBIDGE, JANUARY 10, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JANUARY 10, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.327, No.85), entitled
"An act imposing regulations and licensing requirements on
auctioneers, apprentice auctioneers, auction companies,
trading assistants and trading assistant companies; imposing
powers and duties on the State Board of Auctioneer Examiners;
and making repeals," providing for horses sold at auction.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of December 22, 1983 (P.L.327, No.85),
known as the Auctioneer Licensing and Trading Assistant
Registration Act, is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 17.1. Horses sold at auction.
(a) Duty of auction company.--Before any horse may be sold
at auction, the auction company shall determine whether the
horse has an implanted microchip or has been tattooed or branded
with any identifying mark. If the horse has an implanted
microchip, tattoo or brand, the auction company shall post, on
its publicly accessible Internet website, all identifying
information, including any identification number contained in
the microchip and a detailed description or photograph of any
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tattoo or brand found on the horse.
(b) Limitation.--No horse shall be offered for sale at
auction before 72 hours have elapsed following posting of the
horse's identifying information on the auction company's
publicly accessible Internet website.
(c) Required recordkeeping.--For a minimum of one year
following the date of sale, for each horse sold at auction, an
auction company shall maintain appropriate records which
accurately document compliance with this section, including:
(1) The presence or absence of a microchip, tattoo or
brand.
(2) The date and time of the posting of the information
required by this section.
(3) The date and time each horse was sold at auction.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in one year.
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