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Committee expands protections for police service animals to include other public‑safety animals
2145252 · January 23, 2025
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Summary
First substitute to Senate Bill 77 broadened existing criminal protection language for police dogs to apply to animals used by public-safety agencies (police, fire, military and search-and-rescue). The committee adopted the substitute and recommended the bill 4–0.
The committee adopted a first substitute to Senate Bill 77 to expand criminal-protection language from police service dogs to ‘‘animals’’ used by public-safety organizations and to coordinate the language with a related House bill.
Sponsor Senator Plumb said the change originated from a sheriff’s…
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