Mrs. Kim Elmslie at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

I'll make a quick comment and pass it on to the others.

I think the concern we all have right now is that we have been trying for so long, for 10 years, to update this bill. We look at this as our first chance since the legislation was enacted in 1892, which was 116 years ago. It's taken us 10 years to get this far. The concern is that we won't have that chance again, the way there is on other bills, so we want something that is effective, enforceable, and modern now to protect animals.