Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrail intervention for certain persons; designated as
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018
Last action Jan 9, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Jan 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (35-0) (Singleton)
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 31, 2018
Committee
Transferred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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