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HB 62 Local animal cruelty registries; any locality may establish, etc., a computerized registry.

Introduced by: Ellen H. Campbell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Local animal cruelty registries. Allows any locality to establish an animal cruelty registry for public access on the website of such locality or its local police department. The bill provides that such registry may include the names and relevant information of persons convicted of certain felony offenses for animal cruelty and that a person on such registry may request removal of his name after 15 years, provided that he has no additional felony convictions of an animal cruelty offense. The bill directs that all costs relating to a locality's animal cruelty registry shall be borne by such locality. This bill is identical to SB 93.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Animal Cruelty Conviction List established. Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no later than January 1, 2027, and to maintain the Animal Cruelty Conviction List and to make the List available to the public on the website of the Department of State Police. The bill specifies that the List include the names of persons convicted of certain felony animal cruelty offenses on or after July 1, 2024. The bill requires persons convicted of any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund the maintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department to remove a person's name and information from the List 15 years after its listing if he has no additional felony conviction of any such offense.