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Committee approves civil penalty authority, body-condition scoring for equine cruelty investigations
3091886 · April 3, 2025
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Summary
The Senate committee passed a bill giving the Department of Agriculture authority to impose civil penalties up to $5,000 for equine cruelty cases and to require veterinarian body-condition scoring in investigations.
Sen. Missy Irvin presented a bill to add civil enforcement tools for equine cruelty cases and to require veterinarian body-condition scoring for cases under the Department of Agriculture's jurisdiction.
Patrick Fisk, director of Livestock and Poultry at the Department of Agriculture, told the committee the new civil penalties will supplement existing…
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