A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled “The Michigan penal code,” by amending section 50b (MCL 750.50b), as amended by 2018 PA 452.
House Bills 5360 and 5361 update and strengthen Michigan’s animal cruelty laws by clarifying definitions and procedures, increasing penalties, establishing clear processes for the seizure, care, forfeiture, and cost recovery of abused animals, enhancing animal welfare protections, ensuring due process, and preserving exemptions for lawful activities.
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Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
