West Virginia Senate Bill 468 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-06 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish a West Virginia Animal Abuse Registry, requires registration of persons convicted of certain crimes of animal abuse. The bill defines terms. The bill creates a registry of all persons convicted of animal abuse. The bill requires all persons convicted of an abuse to register. The bill sets forth the information to be provided when registering. The bill requires a registrant to pay a fee. The bill creates the Central Abuse Registry Fund. The bill determines how the money in the fund will be used. The bill requires the registry information to be public. The bill provides an exception from the registration requirement. The bill provides criminal penalties. The bill sets forth duties of animal breeders, animal shelters and pet stores. The bill also provides criminal penalties.

Creating WV Animal Abuse Registry

Sen. John Unger [D]	Sen. William Laird [D]	Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D]	Sen. Ron Stollings [D]
Sen. Herb Snyder [D]	Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-06	Senate	To Judiciary
2013-03-06	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2013-03-06	Senate	To Judiciary then Finance
2013-03-06	Senate	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

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=468&year=2013&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb468%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=468