Direct contact with specified animals.
Summary
Prohibits a person that owns or possesses a specified animal from allowing a member of the public to come into direct contact, or enter into a proximity that allows for or permits direct contact, with the specified animal. Prohibits the department of natural resources from adopting a rule to designate additional specified animals. Requires that a person who owns a specified animal must have a commercial animal dealer, breeder, or exhibitor's license issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Provides that a violation of the law is a Class B infraction. Excludes from the substance of the bill physical contact or proximity between certain persons and a specified animal. Defines terms.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Jan 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Feb 21, 2022
Signed Mar 11, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Mar 11, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2022
Amended
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 249: yeas 66, nays 26
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 203: yeas 43, nays 4
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 125: yeas 68, nays 27
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Abbott) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blake Doriot
RRepublican
P
David Abbott
RRepublican
P
Mike Bohacek
RRepublican
Co
Chris Campbell
DDemocratic
Co
PB
Patricia Boy
DDemocratic
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