HB 20 Kentucky House · 2022 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to torture of a dog or cat.

Summary

Amend KRS 525.135, relating to torture of a dog or cat, to add specific acts to definition of torture; make all violations a Class D felony; make each act of torture prosecutable as a separate offense; make the exemptions applicable only where there is no intent to cause, increase, or prolong the pain and suffering of the dog or cat.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jun 8, 2021 Last action Mar 9, 2022

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

8

Key actions

1

Committee

3

Amendments

1

Mar 7, 2022

Introduced

floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute

lower

Mar 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)

lower

Mar 1, 2022

Committee

to Judiciary (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Committee

to Committee on Committees (H)

lower

Jan 4, 2022

Introduced

introduced in House

lower

Jun 8, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled by the sponsor(s).

lower

50 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role

Legislator

Party

State

District

Cherlynn Stevenson

Jennifer Decker

Joni L. Jenkins

Killian Timoney

McKenzie Cantrell

Melinda Gibbons Prunty

Pamela Stevenson

Ruth Ann Palumbo

Tina Bojanowski

William Lawrence