Bill Title: Amends the Animal Control Act. Exempts accelerant detection dogs from regulation as vicious dogs if certain requirements are met. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Makes it unlawful for any person to do any of the following to a canine used by a fire officer for arson investigations in the performance of his or her functions or while off duty: (i) to interfere or meddle with the canine, (ii) to willfully and maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject any desensitizing drugs, chemicals, or substance to the canine, and (iii) to willfully or maliciously torture, mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill the canine. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1171 [HB4669 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2010-04-29	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2010-03-03	115	1	0	0	116	Passed	Link	View