Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Aug 2019
Introduced Oct 22, 2018
Signed Aug 9, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2019 · General Assembly Jun 20, 2019
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 30, 2019
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican13
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
1
Aug 9, 2019
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2019, c.223.
executive
Jun 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0)
lower
May 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-0)
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Oct 22, 2018
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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