Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Animal cruelty; create felony level of offense.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/30 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B | |
| 2 | 03/09 (S) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2004 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Dearing
Code Sections: A 097-0041-0001, A 097-0041-0011, RP 097-0041-0005, RP 097-0041-0007, RP 097-0041-0009, RP 097-0041-0013
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIME OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF OFFENSES FOUND ELSEWHERE IN CHAPTER 41, AND TO CREATE SIMPLE AND AGGRAVATED DEGREES OF THE OFFENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REENACT AND REVISE THE PENALTY FOR COCKFIGHTING FOUND IN CHAPTER 41, SECTION 13; TO AMEND SECTION 97-27-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REENACT AND REVISE THE PENALTY FOUND IN CHAPTER 41, SECTION 13; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-41-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT CONFINING ANY LIVING CREATURE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FOOD AND WATER IS A MISDEMEANOR; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-41-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT A CUSTODIAN OF ANY LIVING CREATURE WHO FAILS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD AND DRINK IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR; TO REPEAL SECTION 97-41-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ACTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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