Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty.
Summary
Killing or injuring police animals; penalty.Provides that the punishment for any person who maliciously killsor injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcementagency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections, while suchanimal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel,pen, or stable while off duty, shall be separate and apart from,and shall be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 10, 2019
Last action Feb 11, 2020
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (2-Y 6-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Dec 10, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Dec 10, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102206D
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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