Increase Penalty Cruelty Police And Service Animals
Summary
The act increases monetary penalties for cruelty and aggravated cruelty to service animals, certified police working dogs, and police working horses. APPROVED by Governor June 2, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 2, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Apr 5, 2023
Signed Jun 2, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 3, 2023 · House Apr 24, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed
Total votes 30
May 3, 2023
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican9
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Jun 2, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
May 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BG
Bob Gardner
RRepublican
P
JG
Joann Ginal
DDemocratic
P
Monica Duran
DDemocratic
P
RA
Ryan Armagost
RRepublican
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