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CS/CS/SB 96: Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Dogs and Police Horses

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Criminal Justice ; Bean ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hutson ; Book ; Wright ; Perry

Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Dogs and Police Horses; Increasing the penalty for intentionally and knowingly causing great bodily harm, permanent disability, or death to, or using a deadly weapon upon, police canines or horses, fire canines, or SAR canines, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2019
 Last Action: 4/29/2019 - Chapter No. 2019-9
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/27/2018 Senate • Filed
    12/13/2018 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 39
    1/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/04/19, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Meeting cancelled
    2/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/19, 2:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    2/11/2019 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
    2/12/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/13/2019 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 39
    • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 149
    3/6/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/11/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/11/2019 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 195
    3/12/2019 Senate • Now in Rules
    3/18/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/21/19, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/21/2019 Senate • CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -SJ 266
    3/22/2019 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/25/2019 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
    3/26/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 267
    3/27/2019 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 278
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/3/2019 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 307
    • CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 307
    4/4/2019 House • In Messages
    • Referred to Calendar -HJ 575
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
    • Received -HJ 575
    4/10/2019 House • Substituted for CS/HB 67 -HJ 602
    • Read 2nd time -HJ 602
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/11/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 640
    • CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 0 -HJ 640
    4/18/2019 Senate • Ordered enrolled -SJ 401
    4/22/2019 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor -SJ 402
    4/26/2019 • Approved by Governor -SJ 578
    4/29/2019 • Chapter No. 2019-9

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  • CS/CS/SB 96, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/18/2019 at 2:33 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 (c1) Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Canines and Police Horses Tomkow, Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/10/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 96 (Ch. 2019-9) -HJ 602 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    767.16 Police or service dog; exemption. Page 3 (pdf)
    843.19 Offenses against police dogs, fire dogs, SAR dogs, or police horses. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 96, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/22/2019 at 10:33 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 (c1) Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Canines and Police Horses Tomkow, Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/10/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 96 (Ch. 2019-9) -HJ 602 Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (2)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/3/2019 10:17 AM Senate 39 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/11/2019 1:38 PM House 116 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    767.16 Police or service dog; exemption. Page 3 (pdf)
    843.19 Offenses against police dogs, fire dogs, SAR dogs, or police horses. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 96, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/12/2019 at 12:45 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2019 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/11/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 3/20/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 3/21/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Dogs Tomkow, Byrd Similar Last Action: 4/10/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 96 (Ch. 2019-9) -HJ 602 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    462062 - Amendment
    Delete lines 25 - 35 and insert:     		Rules
    (Bean)     		3/20/2019
    1:14 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/21/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2019 4:00 PM Judiciary 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/21/2019 1:30 PM Rules 15 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    767.16 Police or service dog; exemption. Page 3 (pdf)
    843.19 Offenses against police dogs, fire dogs, SAR dogs, or police horses. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 96, Original Filed Version Posted 11/27/2018 at 11:46 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 2/8/2019 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 Police, Fire, and Search and Rescue Dogs Tomkow, Byrd Identical Last Action: 4/10/2019 H Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 96 (Ch. 2019-9) -HJ 602 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    361560 - Amendment
    Delete lines 39 - 65 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Bean)     		2/1/2019
    1:19 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/11/2019     		Web Page
    PDF
    666876 - Amendment
    Delete lines 113 - 114 and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Bean)     		2/1/2019
    1:19 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/11/2019     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/11/2019 2:30 PM Criminal Justice 4 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    843.19 Offenses against police dogs, fire dogs, SAR dogs, or police horses. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 3 (pdf)

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