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HB0046 • 2015

Nyx''s law.

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that it is unlawful to recklessly or with criminal negligence injure or kill a police, fire or search and rescue animal as specified; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Crime
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Gay
Last action
2015-01-26
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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HB0046HS001

Standing Committee • HJudiciary

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by HJudiciary

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Bill History

  1. 2015-01-26 House

    H COW:Failed 10-43-7-0-0

  2. 2015-01-26 House

    Amendment Adopted

  3. 2015-01-23 House

    H Placed on General File

  4. 2015-01-23 House

    Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-2-0-0-0

  5. 2015-01-14 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H01 - Judiciary

  6. 2015-01-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  7. 2015-01-02 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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2015
STATE OF WYOMING
15LSO-0221
Numbered
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.
HB0046

Nyx's law.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Gay and Senator(s) Meier

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that it is unlawful to recklessly or with criminal negligence injure or kill a police, fire or search and rescue animal as specified; providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 6
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211(a) is amended to read:

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Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties.

(a)

Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful cause or justification permanently disables or
inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

Any person who recklessly or through criminal negligence permanently disables or inflicts death upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both.

Section
2
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This
act is effective July 1,
2015
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(END)

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