Bill Text: HI SB2491 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Dogs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-24 - Referred to AEN, JDC. [SB2491 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2491-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2491
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to dogs.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 707, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§707-    Negligent failure to control a dog.  (1)  A person commits the offense of negligent failure to control a dog if:

     (a)  The person is the owner of a dog;

     (b)  The dog bites another person and causes serious bodily injury; and

     (c)  The dog, at the time of the offense, is:

          (i)  Unleashed; or

         (ii)  On private property without the consent of the owner of that property.

     (2)  Negligent failure to control a dog is a petty misdemeanor unless the defendant has two or more convictions for negligent failure to control a dog, in which case it is a misdemeanor."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

 

Report Title:

Dogs; Dog Bites; Negligence; Bodily Harm

 

Description:

Establishes the offense of negligent failure to control a dog.

 

 

 

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