Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 838
Creates crime of hindering assistance animal in second degree.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Creates crime of hindering assistance animal in second degree. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Creates crime of hindering assistance animal in first degree. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Expands crime of first degree animal abuse to include certain actions relating to assistance animals. Revises enhanced penalty language. Modifies grounds for statutory civil cause of action for damages arising from certain acts involving assistance animals. Abolishes statutory cause of action for noneconomic damages. Classifies as public nuisance dog that, without provocation, attempts to injure, injures, attempts to disable, disables, interferes with work of or jeopardizes safety of assistance animal. Increases maximum fine for maintaining dog that is public nuisance from $250 to $360.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
March 9 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateMar 9 to Jun 29 · stopped112 days
Waiting for a committeeMar 9 to Mar 134 days
JudiciaryMar 13 to Jun 29 · stopped108 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.