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The Nationalrat has rejected the Ständerat/unity conference version of the law. So, that means that a Swiss-wide law is no longer under discussion. The cantons remain responsible for dog control legislation.
http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/politi...1.8580268.html
However, there is still the issue of the Verfassungsartikel - both the Ständerat and Nationalrat had earlier approved an article to the constitution giving the federal government the power to enact dog control legislation. Can someone who has a better understanding of the Swiss legislative process than I do explain how this works?
From the NZZ article:
Das Schicksal des bereits von beiden Kammern verabschiedeten Verfassungsartikels ist offen. Er räumt dem Bund die Kompetenz ein, Gesetze gegen potenziell gefährliche Hunde zu erlassen. Passiert der Artikel in der Schlussabstimmung, müsste er ohne darauf basierendes Gesetz dem Volk vorgelegt werden. | |
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Disappointing
I am also no expert but I assume they adopted a proposal "the power to enact dog control legislation".
Now this vote means they have the power available but they chose not to use this power. I suppose it means that if they have another vote in the future then it be implemented using this power.