Bill Text: IN SB0011 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Animal fighting contests.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-31 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [SB0011 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0011-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 35-46.
Synopsis: Animal fighting contests. Makes attending an animal
fighting contest a Class D felony. Repeals the law that makes it cruelty
to an animal, a Class A misdemeanor, for a person to attend a fighting
contest involving animals. Makes a technical correction.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and
Civil Matters.
January 10, 2012, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(1) The addition of sections 8.5 and 9.5 of this chapter by P.L.76-2002 applies only to acts committed after June 30, 2002.
(2) The amendments made to section 12 of this chapter by P.L.132-2002 apply only to crimes committed after June 30, 2002.
(3) The amendments made to sections 11 and 11.5 of this chapter by P.L.9-2003 apply only to offenses committed after June 30, 2003.
(4) The addition of section 11.3 of this chapter by P.L.9-2003 applies only to offenses committed after June 30, 2003.
(5) The amendments made to section 12 of this chapter by P.L.7-2007 apply only to:
(A) offenses; and
(B) acts that would be a crime if committed by an adult;
that are committed after June 30, 2007.
(6) The amendments made to sections 8 and 12 of this chapter by P.L.171-2007 apply only to crimes committed after June 30, 2007. However, the amendments made to section 12(d) of this chapter by P.L.171-2007 apply only to:
(A) crimes; and
(B) delinquent acts that would be crimes if committed by an adult;
that are committed after June 30, 2007.
(7) The addition of sections 12.5 and 14 of this chapter by P.L.171-2007 applies only to crimes committed after June 30, 2007.
(8) The amendments made to sections 0.5, 7,
(1) promotes or stages an animal fighting contest;
(2) uses an animal in a fighting contest; or
(3) attends an animal fighting contest;
commits a Class D felony.