2004 Senate Bill 1175: Crime to destroy animal research

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Public Act 519 of 2004

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Introduced by Sen. Tom George (R) on April 28, 2004, to provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed in Senate Bill 1176 of damaging or destroying animal research.
- Referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 28, 2004.
  - Reported in the Senate on September 29, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the Senate on September 30, 2004, to replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes that do not affect its substance as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on September 30, 2004.
Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on October 5, 2004.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Received in the House on November 4, 2004.
- Referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee on November 4, 2004.
  - Reported in the House on December 1, 2004, with the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
- Substitute offered in the House on December 9, 2004, to replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on December 9, 2004.
Passed 105 to 0 in the House on December 9, 2004, to provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed in Senate Bill 1176 of damaging or destroying animal research.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Received in the Senate on December 9, 2004, to concur with the House-passed version of the bill. Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 9, 2004.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Signed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm on December 30, 2004.

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1) Fight Home-grown Terrorism by Anonymous Citizen on November 5, 2004
If you asked most people how many terrorist bombings there have been in East Lansing, most people would say, "None." In fact there have been several, the worst of which burned off the upper floor of the old M.S.U. Ag. Hall several years ago. Other university towns have had suffered similar attacks.

These bombings have been perpetrated not by radical islamists, but by adherents of a new, home-grown religion: extreme environmentalism. Anti-technology zealots and animal worshipers are making war on new agricultural technologies and research that uses animals. These people are religious terrorists in the same fashion as Al Quaida, attacking modernity and liberal thought wherever they find a defenseless target that they can blow up when no one's looking.

These people believe human lives to be worth no more, and probably less, than animals' lives. Their crimes will grow increasingly violent unless they're discouraged. I don't know if these bills will be of practical value, but they show that the legislature is aware of the threat from this new, nature-worshiping militant religion.

These people aren't humane-society folks worried about lost dogs. They are reactionary terrorists making war against progress and American thought. So far they haven't killed anyone, but their rhetoric is growing more hateful. For people who believe human beings to be worth less than laboratory rats, the inhibition against murder is probably pretty weak.
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2) 2004 Senate Bill 1175 (Crime to destroy animal research ) by admin on January 1, 2001
Introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2004, to provide sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed in Senate Bill 1176 of damaging or destroying animal research

The vote was 36 in favor, 0 opposed and 2 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 723 at Senate Journal 96)

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