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2023 SESSION
SB 1200 Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty.
Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Requires a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six months for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, a regional jail, or the Department of Corrections while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty. The bill also provides that such punishment be separate and apart from, and be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102177D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/18/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)