Legislation Suppored by Defenders of Animals (March 3, 2010) House Bill No.7442 BY Serpa, Vaudreuil ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (would require the department of environmental management to adopt rules and regulations prohibiting the distribution, sale or use of a pesticide known as Avitrol) {LC1137/1} 02/11/2010 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources 03/04/2010 Scheduled for hearing Senate Bill No.2022 BY Tassoni, McBurney, Doyle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - DOGS (provide guidelines and penalties for any person that keeps a dog outside tethered, penned, caged, fenced or otherwise confined without adequate shelter) {LC167/1} 01/13/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues Senate Bill No.2023 BY Tassoni, McBurney, Doyle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would expand the scope of the provisions against unnecessary cruelty to animals) {LC166/1} 01/13/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues Senate Bill No.2026 BY Tassoni, McBurney, Doyle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- REGULATION OF VICIOUS DOGS (would add the director of the defenders of animals or his or her designee to the hearing panel which decides whether a dog should be declared vicious.) {LC168/1} 01/13/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues Senate Bill No.2027 BY Tassoni, McBurney, Doyle ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- IMPORTATION OF WILD ANIMALS (would prohibit the ownership of alligators, crocodiles, pythons and boa constrictors. Ownership shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars) {LC177/1} 01/13/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues Senate Bill No.2243 BY Lynch, Pinga, Miller ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would expand the scope of the provisions against unnecessary cruelty to animals.) {LC1244/1} 02/11/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues Senate Bill No.2249 BY DeVall, Crowley, Tassoni ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SALE OR ADOPTION OF SPAYED OR NEUTERED CATS (would impose a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) on any entity offering unspayed or non-neutered cats for sale or adoption) {LC1316/1} 02/11/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues House Bill No.7319 BY Gemma, Pacheco, Fox, Handy, Jacquard ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY - DOGS {LC1029/1} 02/02/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7322 BY Serpa, Gallison, Lima, Fellela, Caprio D ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- REGULATION OF VICIOUS DOGS (would add the director of the defenders of animals or his or her designee to the hearing panel which decides whether a dog should be declared vicious) {LC984/1} 02/02/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7426 BY Fellela, Serpa, Ferri, Lima ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would expand the scope of the provisions against unnecessary cruelty to animals) {LC1033/1} 02/09/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7480 BY Serpa, Melo ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would expand the scope of the provisions against unnecessary cruelty to animals) {LC1383/1} 02/11/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7753 BY Melo, Serpa, Lima, Fierro, Silva ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- SALE OR ADOPTION OF SPAYED OR NEUTERED CATS (would impose a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) on any entity offering unspayed or non-neutered cats for sale or adoption) {LC1956/1} 02/25/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7768 BY Driver, MacBeth, Gallison, Rice A, Guthrie ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS -- ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY (act would create an animal abuser registry and would provide for penalties for failure to register) {LC1958/1} 02/25/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary House Bill No.7769 BY Driver, MacBeth, Gallison, Fierro, Handy ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (would prohibit the cruel confinement of farm animals in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely, lie down, stand up, and fully extend their limbs) {LC1997/1} 02/25/2010 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary Senate Bill No.2101 BY Raptakis, Pinga, Metts, DeVall, Blais ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO SPORTS, RACING AND ATHLETICS -- GREYHOUND RACING (would change a number of provisions and definitions relative to dog racing effectively ending live dog racing but permitting existing facilities to offer simulcast races) {LC363/1} 02/04/2010 Introduced, referred to Senate Constitutional and Regulatory Issues  More...

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