Kentucky
General Assembly

02/19/14	introduced in House
02/20/14	to Judiciary (H)
03/04/14	posting waived
03/05/14	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/06/14	2nd reading, to Rules floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (1) and (4) filed
03/10/14	floor amendments (3) and (4) withdrawn floor amendment (6) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (5) filed
03/12/14	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2014
03/17/14	floor amendments (5) and (6) withdrawn
03/19/14	floor amendment (7) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendment (8) filed 3rd reading Committee Substitute adopted floor amendment (2) adopted laid on clerk's desk

Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Summary	Make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor	M. Harmon
Summary	Delete "or should know" from the culpable mental state provisions.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 2
Sponsor	M. Harmon
Summary	Delete "or should know" from the culpable mental state provisions.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 3
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	J. Fischer
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend to create various new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to create the Kentucky Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with provisions defining terms, setting out factual findings by the General Assembly, requiring a determination of fetal age prior to performing an abortion, prohibiting an abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development except in cases of emergency, allowing for civil and injunctive relief, establishing privacy protections, and allowing for severability of the various provisions; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; repeal KRS 311.780.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 4
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	J. Fischer
Summary	Retain original provisions; amend to create various new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to create the Kentucky Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, with provisions defining terms, setting out factual findings by the General Assembly, requiring a determination of fetal age prior to performing an abortion, prohibiting an abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development except in cases of emergency, allowing for civil and injunctive relief, establishing privacy protections, and allowing for severability of the various provisions; amend KRS 311.990 to establish a criminal penalty for violations; amend KRS 213.101 to expand the statistical reporting system for abortions; repeal KRS 311.780.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 5
Sponsor	J. Fischer
Summary	Keep original provisions except delete "if the owner knows or should know that the animal is being fought"; delete "or should know" with regards to the requirement that the owner of property have knowledge that an animal fight was conducted under this section; create new section specific to cruelty to animals in the first degree when the animal is a four-legged canine; provide that ownership of a canine animal for the purposes of this subsection requires that the owner knows that the canine animal is being used to fight another canine animal; require that the owner of property where a fight between two canine animals has taken or will be taking place is not guilty under this section unless he or she knows a fight has or will take place; retain section providing that a person is not liable for participating in organizing a fight between canine animals unless he or she does so knowingly; provide that a person who knowingly possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, sells or otherwise transfers a four-legged canine animal with the intent that the animal be used in a fight between canine animals for pleasure or profit is guilty under this section, except delete "or its offspring" from this subsection.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 6
Sponsor	J. Fischer
Summary	Keep original provisions except delete "if the owner knows or should know that the animal is being fought"; delete "or should know" with regards to the requirement that the owner of property have knowledge that an animal fight was conducted under this section; create new section specific to cruelty to animals in the first degree when the animal is a four-legged canine; provide that ownership of a canine animal for the purposes of this subsection requires that the owner knows that the canine animal is being used to fight another canine animal; require that the owner of property where a fight between two canine animals has taken or will be taking place is not guilty under this section unless he or she knows a fight has or will take place; retain section providing that a person is not liable for participating in organizing a fight between canine animals unless he or she does so knowingly; provide that a person who knowingly possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, sells or otherwise transfers a four - legged canine animal with the intent that the animal be used in a fight between canine animals for pleasure or profit is guilty under this section, except delete "or its offspring" from this subsection; make technical corrections.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 7
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	R. Crimm
Summary	Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases and prohibit ownership or possession of animals of the same species for two years.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities

Amendment	House Floor Amendment 8
Piggyback?	Yes
Sponsor	R. Crimm
Summary	Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases and prohibit ownership or possession of animals of the same species for two years.
Index Headings	Local Mandate - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Corrections Impact - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Crimes and Punishments - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Criminal Procedure - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cruelty to animals, indolent in fighting activities