Bill Text: HI HB1015 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Fighting or Baiting Animals; Penalty
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-29 - Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 5 [HB1015 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB1015-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to cruelty to animals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 711-1109, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (4) to read as follows:
"(4) Cruelty to animals
in the second degree is a misdemeanor, except [where]:
(1) Where the offense involves ten or more pet animals in any one instance; or
(2) Any violation of subsection (1)(d),
which is a class C felony."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Fighting or Baiting Animals; Penalty
Description:
Increases the fighting or baiting of animals from a misdemeanor to a class C felony.
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