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Senate panel reviews SB 102 amendment on copyrights; members question cockfighting language
Summary
Sponsor Truman Powell told a Senate committee SB 102 adds copyright language and requires intent for criminal liability; lawmakers asked whether the bill’s wording could be read to criminalize possession or interstate transfer of gamecocks for trafficking.
Truman Powell, presenting Senate Bill 102 to a Senate committee, said the bill adds language addressing copyrights and clarifies that an individual would have to have intent to violate the law before criminal liability attaches.
The bill "adds some language dealing with copyrights," Powell said, and he disputed what he called "a little misinformation" about the measure. "The individual would have to have intent to violate this law," he told the committee.
Members pressed Powell on language in the substitute that appeared…
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