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CS/CS/SB 1576: Animal Welfare

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Agriculture ; Steube ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Perry ; Hukill ; Young

Animal Welfare ; Requiring specified entities that take receivership of lost or stray dogs or cats to adopt written policies and procedures to ensure that every reasonable effort is made to quickly and reliably return owned animals to their owners; authorizing a court to prohibit certain offenders from owning or having custody or control over animals; revising the ranking of offenses on the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2018
Last Action: 3/26/2018 - Chapter No. 2018-87
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

Senate Committee References:

Agriculture (AG)
Community Affairs (CA)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/4/2018	Senate	• Filed
1/12/2018	Senate	• Referred to Agriculture; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 179
1/17/2018	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 179
1/29/2018	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 02/01/18, 11:30 am, 301 Senate Office Building
2/1/2018	Senate	• CS by Agriculture; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 297
2/2/2018	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/7/2018	Senate	• Remaining references corrected to Community Affairs; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 306 • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 306 • CS by Agriculture read 1st time -SJ 305
2/8/2018	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/13/18, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
2/13/2018	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 347 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/14/2018	Senate	• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 351
2/15/2018	Senate	• Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice • Remaining references corrected to Rules -SJ 361 • Now in Rules -SJ 361
3/6/2018	Senate	• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 771 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 806 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/18 -SJ 967
3/8/2018	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 918 • Read 3rd time -SJ 918 • CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 918
3/8/2018	House	• In Messages
3/9/2018	House	• Received -HJ 1135 • Read 2nd time -HJ 1135 • Read 3rd time -HJ 1135 • CS passed; YEAS 108 NAYS 0 -HJ 1135
3/9/2018	Senate	• Ordered enrolled -SJ 1051
3/16/2018		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/23/2018		• Approved by Governor
3/26/2018		• Chapter No. 2018-87

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
H 473 (c1)	Animal Welfare	Leek, Brodeur	Similar	Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1576 (Ch. 2018-87)
H 823	Lost or Stray Dogs or Cats	Cruz, Gruters	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1576 (Ch. 2018-87)
S 952	Cruelty to Animals	Steube	Compare	Last Action: 3/10/2018 S Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1576 (Ch. 2018-87)

Version	Posted	Format
S 1576 Filed	1/4/2018 3:12 PM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1576 c1	2/2/2018 10:43 AM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1576 c2	2/13/2018 3:17 PM	Web Page \| PDF
S 1576 er	3/12/2018 11:35 AM	Web Page \| PDF

Committee Amendments

S 1576 Filed
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
176710 - Amendment Between lines 79 and 80 insert:	Agriculture (Steube)	1/31/2018 10:20 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/1/2018	Web Page PDF
475346 - Amendment to Amendment (176710) Delete lines 5 - 6.	Agriculture (Steube)	2/1/2018 9:36 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/1/2018	Web Page PDF

S 1576 c1
Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
772418 - Amendment Delete line 277 and insert:	Community Affairs (Steube)	2/12/2018 10:17 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/13/2018	Web Page PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	S 1576	Agriculture (Pre-Meeting)	1/31/2018 10:37 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1576	Agriculture (Post-Meeting)	2/1/2018 4:36 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1576	Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting)	2/12/2018 10:30 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	S 1576	Community Affairs (Post-Meeting)	2/13/2018 3:08 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

Version	Committee	Date	Result
S 1576 Filed	Agriculture	2/1/2018 11:30 AM	7 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1576 c1	Community Affairs	2/13/2018 10:00 AM	7 Yeas - 0 Nays

Vote History - Floor

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
S 1576 c2	3/8/2018 3:18 PM	Senate	38 Yeas - 0 Nays
S 1576 c2	3/9/2018 6:32 PM	House	108 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
823.151		Page 1 (pdf)
828.12	Cruelty to animals.	Page 3 (pdf)
921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 6 (pdf)

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