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2018 SESSION
SB 175 Dogs or cats; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public animal shelters; dogs and cats; euthanasia notice. Requires a public animal shelter to wait three days before euthanizing a dog or cat when a person has notified the shelter of his intent to adopt or take custody of the particular animal. The shelter must make reasonable efforts to accomplish the release of the dog or cat but is not required to hold the animal if it has reason to believe that the animal has seriously injured a human or the animal meets certain other specified conditions for euthanasia.
FULL TEXT
- 12/28/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101283D pdf | impact statements
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18105478D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 12/28/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101283D
- 12/28/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/25/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18105478D-S1
- 01/25/18 Senate: Continued to 2019 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)