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House approves domestic-violence change to include animal torture as qualifying offense
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 20 passed Senate Bill 45, amending domestic-violence law to allow aggravated cruelty to an animal used to threaten or harass a cohabitant to qualify for domestic-violence protections; the measure passed after extended debate, 42–31.
The Utah House of Representatives on Feb. 20 passed Senate Bill 45, a revision to the state's domestic-violence statute that adds aggravated cruelty to an animal to the list of acts that may qualify as domestic violence when used to threaten or harass a cohabitant.
Supporters, led on the floor by Representative Ray, said the change responds to incidents in which abusers harmed animals to intimidate or terrorize partners. "This bill does is it adds torture of an animal to the list of offenses that may…
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