Katherine Heigl
SALT LAKE CITY — Motion picture and television actress Katherine Heigl is calling on the Utah Senate to defeat HB187, a measure that would criminalize the videotaping or photographing agriculture operations without the permission of owners.
HB187 passed the Utah House and is before the Senate.
The bill's sponsor, Rep. John Mathis, R-Vernal, has said the measure is intended to stop animal rights groups from recording footage of alleged animal abuse.
Heigl, in a mass email to Senate members, wrote, "This bill makes our state's agricultural community seem desperate to hide illegal and inhumane treatment of animals from the public." Heigl wrote that she and husband married in Utah and have resided in the state for two years.
She added, "I hope that legislators in Utah recognize that they need to work to prevent cruelty to animals by strengthening laws, not penalizing those who are trying to expose this cruelty."
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She is 100% correct. Hiding things is what they are trying to do.
I'm not surprised that there may be more than one Utah State Legislator who would have jailed John Steinbeck for his revelations. Let's hope that a large majority of the State Representatives are enlightened enough to prevent the criminalization of More..
I guess some of our senators and representatives did not get the memo that this was supposed to be a boring legislative session. The bill should be amended to only prohibit filming of feral cats.