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2024 SESSION
SB 369 Fowl or companion animals; maiming, killing, or poisoning, penalty.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Maiming, killing, or poisoning companion animals; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously shoot, stab, or wound, or otherwise cause bodily injury to, or administer poison to or expose poison with intent that it be taken by, any companion animal of another, or do any of the foregoing acts to any companion animal of his own with intent to defraud any insurer of such animal. Under current law, such offenses are punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 6 felony for a second or subsequent offense provided certain conditions are met. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to do any of the foregoing acts with any of the aforesaid intents (i) to any companion animal unlawfully but not maliciously or (ii) to any fowl.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101066D pdf | impact statement
- 01/15/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105478D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105842D-S2 pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101066D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/24 Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/15/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105478D-S1
- 01/15/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/24/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24105842D-S2
- 01/25/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24105478D-S1
- 01/26/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24105842D-S2
- 01/26/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB369S2
- 01/29/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/16/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/21/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/21/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/28/24 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/04/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 2-N)
- 03/06/24 House: Read second time
- 03/07/24 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 03/07/24 House: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 03/08/24 House: Left in Courts of Justice