22RS HB 709

House Bill 709

Actions

Last Action	03/01/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to animals.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Corrections Impact Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	132
Sponsor	K. Banta
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; establish crimes of animal abuse in the first degree and animal abuse in the second degree; authorize law enforcement and animal control officers to seize and hold animals who are victims of cruelty or abuse; allow a seizing agency to seek forfeiture and reimbursement for reasonable costs of caring for seized animals from the owner of the animal in the criminal case; provide that the costs of caring for a seized animal shall apply to any offspring born to that animal while in custody; grant civil immunity to a person who enters a car containing a dog or cat believed in good faith to be in danger of death, subject to certain parameters; amend KRS 525.125 and KRS 525.130 to provide for the seizure of animals from a person charged with cruelty to animals in the first degree and from a person charged with cruelty to animals in the second degree with additional available penalties; amend KRS 525.137 to allow seizure of an animal that has been the object of sexual crimes against an animal.
Index Headings of Original Version	Crimes and Punishments - Animal abuse, first degree, second degree Criminal Procedure - Animal abuse, first degree, second degree Dogs - Animal abuse, cost of care petition, immunity for car rescue Peace Officers and Law Enforcement - Seized animal, cost of care petition Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Animal abuse, first degree, second degree Civil Procedure - Seized animal, cost of care petition, rules applied Corrections Impact - Animal abuse, establishment of crimes in the first, second degree, immunity Local Mandate - Animal control, county clerks, humane societies