Elevates killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony
Summary
Elevates the offense of killing a police work dog or police work horse from being a class E felony to a class D felony; and establishes the class E felony of injuring a police work dog or police work horse for intentionally causing serious physical injury to a police work dog or police work horse while such dog or horse is performing its duties under the supervision of a police officer.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jun 2018
Senate Passage
Jun 2018
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2017
Last action Jun 18, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Jun 18, 2018
How they voted
54–8
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Jun 18, 2018
D
Democratic32
75% Yea
R
Republican31
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 18, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Jun 18, 2018
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 3, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
May 16, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
lower
May 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 5, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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