Nevada Assembly Bill 170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on June 1 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-01 - (No further action taken.)
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

AN ACT relating to animals; requiring the State Department of Agriculture to create certain written notices relating to impounded animals; requiring county or city jails or detention facilities to post and maintain such notices; authorizing certain employees of animal shelters to enforce certain provisions in existing law; requiring certain notices of a right to request a hearing to be provided upon the lawful issuance of a citation or arrest for certain offenses relating to cruelty to animals; providing for a hearing to make certain determinations relating to an impounded animal; authorizing an animal rescue organization, an animal shelter and certain other persons to sell at auction, humanely destroy or continue to care for certain animals; providing that any evidence derived from testimony during certain hearings is inadmissible during certain subsequent proceedings, except for purposes of impeachment or rebuttal; providing that municipal courts have jurisdiction of hearings related to certain citations or arrests for animal cruelty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Revises provisions governing animals. (BDR 14-762)

Rep. Susan Martinez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-01	Assembly	(No further action taken.)
2021-04-21	Assembly	From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.
2021-04-19	Assembly	Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 339.) Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.
2021-04-19	Assembly	Placed on Second Reading File.
2021-04-19	Assembly	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
2021-03-09	Assembly	Notice of eligibility for exemption.
2021-02-24	Assembly	From printer. To committee.
2021-02-23	Assembly	Read first time. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources. To printer.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/81st2021/Bill/7522/Overview
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB170.pdf
Text	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/AB/AB170_R1.pdf
Amendment	https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/81st2021/Bills/Amendments/A_AB170_339.pdf