SENATE BILL NO. 1273
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S1273................................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
ANIMALS - Amends existing law to revise the crime of committing cruelty to
animals.
01/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/16 Rpt prt - to Jud
01/29 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
01/30 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/04 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett(Thorson), Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Siddoway
Floor Sponsors - Kelly & Jorgenson
Title apvd - to House
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew, Clark,
Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
Henbest(Burgoyne), Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador,
LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(02),
Shepherd(08), Shirley, Shively, Smith(24), Smith(30)(Stanek),
Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn, Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills,
Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bayer, Brackett, Lake, Patrick
Floor Sponsor - Ruchti
Title apvd - to Senate
02/21 To enrol
02/22 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
02/25 Sp signed
02/26 To Governor
02/27 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 47
Effective: 02/27/08
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1273
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; AMENDING SECTION 25-3504, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 REVISE THE CRIME OF COMMITTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
4 GENCY.
5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
6 SECTION 1. That Section 25-3504, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
7 amended to read as follows:
8 25-3504. COMMITTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Every person who is cruel to any
9 animal, or who causes or procures any animal to be cruelly treated; and who-
10 ever, or who, having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or
11 otherwise, subjects any animal to cruelty, is, for every such offense, guilty
12 of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with
13 section 25-3520A, Idaho Code. Any law enforcement officer or animal care and
14 control officer, subject to the restrictions of section 25-3501A, Idaho Code,
15 may take possession of the animal cruelly treated, and provide care for the
16 same, until final disposition of such animal is determined in accordance with
17 section 25-3520A or 25-3520B, Idaho Code.
18 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
19 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
20 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17472
This legislation amends Idaho's animal cruelty statute to
clarify that the statute's provisions apply to persons who are
not the animal's owner.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the state's general fund.
Contact
Name: Senator Kate Kelly
Phone: 332-1351
Senator Mike Jorgenson
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1273