Ohio Issue 2, Livestock Care Standards Amendment (2009)

Ohio Issue 2
Election date November 3, 2009
Topic Animal treatment laws
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Ohio Issue 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Ohio on November 3, 2009. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported establishing the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board to establish and implement standards of care for livestock and poultry.

A "no" vote opposed establishing the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board to establish and implement standards of care for livestock and poultry.

Election results

Ohio Issue 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		2,020,851	63.76%
No		1,148,538	36.24%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Issue 2 was as follows:

“

To adopt Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio. This proposed amendment would: Require the state to create the Livestock Care Standards Board to prescribe standards for animal care and well-being that endeavor to maintain food safety, encourage locally grown and raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families. Authorize this bipartisan board of thirteen members to consider factors that include, but are not limited to, agricultural best management practices for such care and well-being, biosecurity, disease prevention, animal morbidity and mortality data, food safety practices, and the protection of local, affordable food supplies for consumers when establishing and implementing standards. Provide that the board shall be comprised of thirteen Ohio residents including representatives of Ohio family farms, farming organizations, food safety experts, veterinarians, consumers, the dean of the agriculture department at an Ohio college or university and a county humane society representative. Authorize the Ohio department that regulates agriculture to administer and enforce the standards established by the board, subject to the authority of the General Assembly. If adopted, this amendment shall take effect immediately. A “YES” vote means approval of the amendment. A “NO” vote means disapproval of the amendment. A majority YES vote is required for the amendment to be adopted. Shall the proposed amendment be approved?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Ohio Constitution

A 60% vote is required during one legislative session for the Ohio State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 60 votes in the Ohio House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Ohio State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

2009 Measures

• 2009 Measures
• Animal treatment laws on the ballot
• 2009 legislative sessions

Ohio

• Ohio ballot measures
• Ohio ballot measure laws

News and analysis

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External links

• Legislative Reference Bureau, "Proposed Constitutional Amendments, Initiated Legislation, and Laws Challenged by Referendum, Submitted to the Electors," December 7, 2018