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CS/SB 1266: Venomous Reptiles

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Rodriguez ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Stewart

Venomous Reptiles; Revising the penalty for certain release or escape of nonnative venomous reptiles; providing a penalty for specified activities involving venomous reptiles without a special permit or license issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/28/2023	Senate	• Filed
  3/6/2023	Senate	• Referred to Environment and Natural Resources; Criminal Justice; Rules
  3/7/2023	Senate	• Introduced
  3/9/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Environment and Natural Resources, 03/14/23, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
  3/14/2023	Senate	• Favorable by Environment and Natural Resources; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Criminal Justice
  3/30/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  4/4/2023	Senate	• CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
  4/5/2023	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  4/11/2023	Senate	• CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
  4/14/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/19/2023	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  4/20/2023	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/26/2023	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/23
  5/1/2023	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 648 • Substituted CS/HB 1161 -SJ 648 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1161 (Ch. 2023-129) -SJ 648

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• CS/SB 1266, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/5/2023 at 3:21 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/18/2023 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2023 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1161 (er)	Venomous Reptiles	Infrastructure Strategies Committee	Identical	Last Action: 5/25/2023 Chapter No. 2023-129

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/19/2023 8:30 AM	Rules	18 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  379.305	Rules and regulations; penalties.	Page 1 (pdf)
  379.4015	Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties.	Page 2 (pdf)

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• SB 1266, Original Filed Version Posted 2/28/2023 at 10:16 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Environment and Natural Resources (Pre-Meeting) 3/13/2023 (pdf) Environment and Natural Resources (Post-Meeting) 3/14/2023 (pdf) Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/3/2023 (pdf) Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2023 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 1161 (c1)	Venomous Reptiles	Infrastructure Strategies Committee	Similar	Last Action: 5/25/2023 Chapter No. 2023-129

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  121092 - Amendment Delete lines 22 - 114 and insert:	Criminal Justice (Rodriguez)	4/3/2023 8:18 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/4/2023	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (2)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/14/2023 8:30 AM	Environment and Natural Resources	9 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/4/2023 8:30 AM	Criminal Justice	6 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  379.305	Rules and regulations; penalties.	Page 1 (pdf)
  379.4015	Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties.	Page 2 (pdf)

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