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2024 SESSION
SB 712 Hunting dogs; release on state or local roadway, penalties.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Release of hunting dogs; state highway or right-of-way. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for the intentional release of hunting dogs on a Department of Transportation right-of-way or on a highway owned or maintained by the Department of Transportation to hunt deer without the consent of the Department. The bill provides that a second offense is a Class 2 misdemeanor, and a third or subsequent offense is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also permits the stopping of a vehicle on a highway for the retrieval of a companion animal from a highway or area adjacent to a highway.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24104947D pdf
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106325D-S1 pdf
- 02/12/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24106325D-ES1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/19/24 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 24104947D
- 01/19/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/06/24 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106325D-S1
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106325D-S1
- 02/08/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB712S1
- 02/09/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/12/24 Senate: Amendment by Senator Marsden agreed to
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB712ES1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24106325D-ES1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Chair votes No