| Last Action | 02/23/23: to Judiciary (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to animals. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
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Corrections Impact
Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 1319 |
| Sponsors | K. Bratcher, J. Nemes, K. Banta, S. Heavrin, K. Moser, K. Timoney, S. Witten |
| Summary of Original Version | Create or repeal and reenacted 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 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, first degree, second degree Local Mandate - Seized animal, cost of care petition |
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Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:03 PM (EST)