2019
Regular Session
Domesticated dog and cat cruelty; revise.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO CRUELTY TO DOMESTICATED DOGS AND CATS; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH ACT OF SIMPLE CRUELTY TO A DOG OR CAT IS A SEPARATE OFFENSE; TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR A FIRST OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO A DOG OR CAT TO A FELONY WITH A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000.00 OR IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR NOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OFFENSES OF SIMPLE CRUELTY TO A DOG OR CAT COMMITTED AGAINST MORE THAN ONE DOG OR CAT IS A SEPARATE OFFENSE; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL OFFENSES OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO A DOG OR CAT THAT ARE COMMITTED AGAINST ONE OR MORE DOGS OR CATS AS PART OF THE SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE ARE A SINGLE OFFENSE; TO AUTHORIZE THE HUMANE KILLING OF A DOG OR CAT IF A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
02/05/2019 at 17:55
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2581
Senate Bill 2581
SB 2581
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Dead
General Bill/Constitutional Amendment
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Majority
July 1, 2019
Agriculture
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Judiciary, Division A
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Doty
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01/21 (S) Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary, Division A
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02/05 (S) Died In Committee
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