How about requiring air conditioning and cable tv for the chickens as well?
“But California would be the first state in the nation to demand that all egg-producing chickens be kept in more spacious enclosures or free to roam around a henhouse.”
I see absolutely zero problems with this.
Three hens spend their entire egg laying life in a 1 foot cube box. What hurts in giving them more space or free roam.
We once had several houses of layers I know I have been there so flame away.