Pork state legislators say Proposition 12 harms pigs

House Agriculture Committee hears how the California law was 'drafted by people who have no experience' in working with livestock.

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Roy Graber
July 28, 2025
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Congressmen from top pork producing states said a House Agriculture Committee hearing that California's Proposition 12 harms animal welfare, contrary to how it was presented.

The committee on July 23 held the hearing, “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12” in which the controversial California ballot initiative-turned-law was the focus. Proposition 12 calls for all eggs raised in or sold in California to come from cage-free hens and all pork produced or sold in California to come from farms that do not use gestation stalls.

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