Cruelty to animals; increases penalty.
Summary
Increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for cruelly or unnecessarily beating, maiming, mutilating, or killing a dog or cat. Current law requires that the dog or cat die as a direct result of torture, or inhumane injury or pain, before the violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill incorporates
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Last action Feb 8, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 5, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1604S1
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106347D-S1
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Jan 17, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104235D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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