Joseph C. Lindsey
- Democratic
Primary
Cruelty to animals; serious bodily injury; firstoffense; penalty. Provides that a person who commits an act ofanimal cruelty that results in serious bodily injury to or the deathor euthanasia of an animal is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Currentlaw requires that the person have been convicted of an act of crueltywithin the past five years and that an animal die as a direct resultof the current or past act of cruelty before the violation is a Class6 felony. The bill expands the authority of a court to order angermanagement treatment from cases of misdemeanor cruelty to all cases.The bill contains technical amendments.
Stricken from docket by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
Impact statement from DPB (HB27)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB27)
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100519D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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