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Committee amends and approves substitute of HB 1201 to encourage companion-animal accommodations in emergency shelters
Summary
Vice Chair Kloba moved the proposed substitute for House Bill 1201, which would require political subdivisions to identify co-shelters or companion-animal accommodations in emergency planning, and the committee reported the substitute out with a due-pass recommendation.
Vice Chair Kloba moved and the committee considered proposed substitute House Bill 1201, which would require local jurisdictions to identify accommodations for companion animals in emergency or extreme-weather shelter planning “to the extent practicable.”
The committee adopted amendment WALE 207 (moved by Representative Penner) to replace the phrase “county or city” with “political subdivision” so that the requirement applies to counties, cities and towns where the statute governing emergency management uses the broader term. The proposed substitute had already added a requirement to identify a…
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