Bills › 88th General Assembly
SSB 3170
Topics:AgricultureCrime & correctionsLivestock & confinements
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
_____ brought in district court to rescue or care for livestock placed in danger., horses), ovine (sheep), porcine (swine); ratites (ostriches, rheas, and emus); farm deer; and poultry. The bill provides that “livestock” expressly includes turkeys and chickens. It also provides that “livestock” includes an animal owned by a person who is eligible to report income on a schedule F as part of a federal tax return. Code chapter 717B provides for criminal offenses relating to the mistreatment of animals other than livestock and civil actions brought in district court to rescue and care for those animals.
Read the full explanation
The expanded definition applies to offenses created under Code chapter 717D involving livestock participating in a contest event such as dog fighting.1. The bill amends Code chapter 159 (the department of agriculture and land stewardship’s general chapter) to define livestock as an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, equine, ovine, or porcine species; ostriches, rheas, or emus; farm deer; or turkeys, chickens, or other poultry. The bill provides that the definition of livestock as used in that Code chapter applies to the use of the term in the other Code chapters, including Code chapter 15E (economic development activities), Code chapter 162 (care of animals in commercial establishments), Code chapter 163 (the control of animal diseases), Code chapter 172E (dairy cattle sold for slaughter), Code chapter 236 (offenses involving domestic abuse), Code chapter 484B (hunting preserves), Code chapter 501A (cooperative associations), and Code chapter 562 (lease arrangements). _____ punishable as an aggravated misdemeanor. A person who commits an offense involving a contest event is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor or class “D” felony. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020. On February 17, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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