Ohio House panel adds bestiality ban, antenna rules to pet store bill

[WhiteTara]

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/12/ohio_house_panel_adds_bestiali.html#incart_m-rpt-1

OLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio House Finance Committee members are expected to send a pet-store regulation bill to the House floor on Wednesday that would also prohibit bestiality in the state and limit communities' ability to block the installation of new wireless antennas.

Finance Committee members revised Senate Bill 331 on Tuesday evening to ban people from having sex with animals in Ohio. Ohio is one of 11 states not to prohibit bestiality; legislative analysts say the state's current animal-abuse laws don't specifically outlaw the practice.

The Ohio Senate passed a similar measure last week.

The committee also added a measure to limit the ability of communities to block the installation of new wireless antennas on street lamps, traffic lights, and poles.

Under the proposal, pushed by AT&T, cities and villages in Ohio would have 90 days to approve or deny a phone company's application to attach a "small cell" antenna to a street lamp or traffic light or erect a new pole for it.

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Senate Bill 331 drew controversy even before Tuesday's changes. The legislation was introduced to override ordinances in Grove City and Toledo forbidding pet stores from buying dogs from shelters, rescues, and humane societies instead of large-scale breeders, some of whom who may run unregulated "puppy mills" where animals are abused.

The Ohio Lege is working overtime and proving that there is more than one nutty state in the union.

[Girard442]

1. Trump hasn't bragged about any acts of bestiality so far.

If he does, do they kill the amendment?

[rickford66]

2. What if it's consensual?