Introduced
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To double the maximum penalties for a person who willfully, maliciously kills, tortures, mutilates, maims, disfigures or poisons an animal without just cause, from four years to eight years in prison, and from a $5,000 to a $10,000 fine.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that increases the maximum fine to $20,000.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 86 to 14 (details)
To increase the maximum fine for a person who willfully, maliciously kills, tortures, mutilates, maims, disfigures or poisons an animal without just cause, from a $5,000 fine to this plus an extra $2,500 for each additional animal involved, up to a maximum $20,000 fine. The maximum prison sentence would not change.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
