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 pretrial intervention for certain persons; designated as
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2020
Last action Jul 2, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2020
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 39
Jun 29, 2020
D
Democratic26
88% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jul 2, 2020
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Agriculture Committee
lower
Jun 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-0)
upper
Jun 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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