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Committee adopts amendment, forwards animal-fighting bill to floor
Summary
The Community Safety, Justice & Reentry Committee adopted an amendment that reclassifies animal-fighting with intentional mutilation from a Class B to a Class C felony and reported substitute House Bill 1149 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation.
Representative Goodman, chair of the Community Safety, Justice & Reentry Committee, said the committee adopted an amendment and reported substitute House Bill 1149 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation.
The committee approved a technical amendment that changes the felony classification for animal fighting involving intentional mutilation from a Class B to a Class C felony and then voted to report the substitute bill out of committee. The change was described by the amendment sponsor as aligning the statute with the sentencing grid so penalties are not inconsistent across felony classes.
Supporters told the committee the bill updates animal cruelty and animal-fighting statutes, shortens the required time for…
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