West Virginia House Bill 4667 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-22 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide legal protections for, and update the legal processes relating to, the humane treatment of animals. The bill establishes an animal abuse registry for persons convicted of crimes of abuse of animals and provides a fund and a means of entering and sharing information with the registry. The bill removes the exemption of cats from registration and provides for an annual registration of cats as well as dogs. The additional proceeds from these registration fees will be used to support the animal shelter and humane society facilities used by the county. This bill also prohibits the hoarding of animals and provides for the disposition and care of maltreated animals as well as mental treatment for the hoarder when needed. In addition, the bill increases some penalties for abusing animals or using them to fight.

Creating a State Animal Abuse Registry

Del. Nancy Peoples Guthrie [D]	Del. Larry Rowe [D]	Del. Steve Westfall [R]	Del. John McCuskey [R]
Del. Brad White [R]	Del. Mike Pushkin [D]	Del. William Anderson [R]	Del. Andrew Byrd [D]
Del. Stephen Skinner [D]	Del. Mick Bates [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-22	House	To House Agriculture and Natural Resources
2016-02-22	House	Introduced in House
2016-02-22	House	To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary
2016-02-22	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	14	1	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	10	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	11	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	2	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	3	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	4	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	5	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	6	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	7	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	8	New Code	See Bill Text
15	14	9	New Code	See Bill Text
19	20	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	10	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	19a	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	21	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	22	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	23	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	26	New Code	See Bill Text
19	20	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	8	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	8a	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
19	20	9a	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	8	19	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	8	19a	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	8	19b	Amended Code	Citation Text
61	8	19c	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4667&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4667%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4667