A resolution instructing Arkansas’ Congressional delegation to vote against a bill that would prohibit the export of horses to slaughter facilities in Mexico and Canada is now before that state’s governor for his signature.

HCR 1004 was sent to Gov. Mike Beebe on April 3 after passing the full Arkansas General Assembly. The resolution instructs Arkansas representatives in Washington to vote against HR 503, the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act. The federal legislation prohibits the transport, sale, delivery, or export of horses for slaughter for human consumption. It also criminalizes the purchase, sale, delivery, or export of horsemeat intended for human consumption.

Arkansas is the latest state to pass resolutions opposing the passage of HR 503