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Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases, and prohibit ownership and possession of animals of the same species for two years; establish penalties for violations; allow exception under KRS 525.130 for livestock and poultry used in the business of agriculture.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text
Create new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require spaying or neutering of dogs and cats as a prerequisite to release from a releasing agency; define "releasing agency" and "veterinarian"; mandate spaying or neutering prior to release of a dog or cat; allow for exceptions related to health and maturity, rightful ownership, and use of cooperative agreements; declare that no local spay-neuter ordinance shall be superseded.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 258.095 to amend the definition of "Animal shelter"; amend KRS 258.195 to delete the language requiring animal shelters to meet minimum standards by July 13, 2004; create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require all animal shelters to meet minimum standards within one year of the effective date of the Act, to require animal shelters to register with the County Judge-Executive of the county in which the shelter is located, and to require all animal shelters to report the possession of any stray, unwanted, or abandoned animals to the primary animal shelter in the county.
Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Cemeteries and Burials, Cities, Cities, Classification, Dogs, Local Government, Local Mandate, Title Amendments Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to State & Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute, committee a Bill Text
Amend KRS 381.697 to prohibit burial of animals in public cemeteries unless written consent is obtained from the cemetery owners or board.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.130 to include all animals in abandonment or neglect cases and increase penalty for injuring or killing of any animal; repeal KRS 525.135.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 515.130 relating to cruelty to animals to define shelter and shade requirements for dogs and dog houses.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to establish requirements in the sale of dogs by pet stores; amend KRS 525.135 relating to the torture of a dog or cat to increase the penalty for a first offense to a Class D Felony.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52) Bill Text
Amend KRS 258.085 to exempt service animals and service animals in training who are vaccinated from 10 day quarantine after biting a human.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Corrections Impact, Crimes and Punishments, Criminal Procedure, Dogs, Local Mandate, Piggybacked Bills, Title Amendments Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 136) Bill Text
Amend KRS 528.135 relating to torture of dog or cat, to provide that the first offense, as well as subsequent offenses, is Class D felony.
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.135 relating to torture of a dog or cat to increase the penalty for a first offense to a Class D felony; provision to name the bill, "Romeo's Law."
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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Appropriations & Revenue (H) Bill TextCreate new sections of KRS Chapter 39F to provide definitions for rescue and search and rescue programs; describe how a rescue squad is formed and require at least 12 persons in order to form a rescue squad; require that 65 percent of members of the rescue squad be trained if there are more than 12 members; specify duties of a rescue squad and prohibited activities for a rescue squad; require rescue squads to comply with the provisions of the chapter; require rescue squads to be formally affiliated with a local government, by ordinance or by memorandum of agreement or with the Council on Rescue Personnel and Services; limit agreements to four years without renewal; permit the council to grant statewide affiliation agreements to rescue squads providing statewide or regional services by memorandum of agreement for not more than four years without renewal; specify contents of an affiliation agreement or ordinance; permit the local government to revoke an agreement with 30-day notice; provide [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 258.117 to add two members nominated by the Humane Society of the United States to the Animal Control Advisory Board.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 52) Bill Text
Amend KRS 258.085 to exempt service animals and service animals in training who are vaccinated from 10 day quarantine after biting a human.
Latest Action: 02/15/2008 - To Judiciary (H) Bill Text
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to establish requirements in the sale of dogs by pet stores; amend KRS 525.135 relating to the torture of a dog or cat to increase the penalty for a first offense to a Class D Felony.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text
Amend KRS 515.130 relating to cruelty to animals to define shelter and shade requirements for dogs and dog houses.
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources (S) Bill Text
Amend KRS 258.095 to amend the definition of "Animal shelter"; amend KRS 258.195 to delete the language requiring animal shelters to meet minimum standards by July 13, 2004; create a new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require all animal shelters to meet minimum standards within one year of the effective date of the Act, to require animal shelters to register with the County Judge-Executive of the county in which the shelter is located, and to require all animal shelters to report the possession of any stray, unwanted, or abandoned animals to the primary animal shelter in the county.
Also tagged in: Animals, Livestock, and Poultry, Cemeteries and Burials, Cities, Cities, Classification, Dogs, Local Government, Local Mandate, Title Amendments Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Recommitted to State & Local Government (S); reported favorably, to Rules with committee amendment (1-title) ; posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, April 15, 2008; 3rd reading, passed 32-6 with Committee Substitute, committee a Bill Text
Amend KRS 381.697 to prohibit burial of animals in public cemeteries unless written consent is obtained from the cemetery owners or board.
Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.130 to include all animals in abandonment or neglect cases and increase penalty for injuring or killing of any animal; repeal KRS 525.135.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text
Amend KRS 525.125, 525.130, and 525.135 to forfeit ownership of animals involved in cruelty and torture cases, and prohibit ownership and possession of animals of the same species for two years; establish penalties for violations; allow exception under KRS 525.130 for livestock and poultry used in the business of agriculture.
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Text
Create new section of KRS Chapter 258 to require spaying or neutering of dogs and cats as a prerequisite to release from a releasing agency; define "releasing agency" and "veterinarian"; mandate spaying or neutering prior to release of a dog or cat; allow for exceptions related to health and maturity, rightful ownership, and use of cooperative agreements; declare that no local spay-neuter ordinance shall be superseded.
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