l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1217

Crimes; revise animal cruelty crime and exempt certain activities from crime.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REVISE THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF OFFENSES FOUND ELSEWHERE IN CHAPTER 41, AND TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DEGREES OF THE OFFENSE; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE CHAPTER; TO CREATE THE MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF INTERFERING WITH ANY ACTIVITIES EXEMPTED BY THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN ANIMAL MAY BE LAWFULLY DESTROYED AND TO GRANT IMMUNITY TO THOSE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 97-41-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATES TO THE LAWFUL SEIZURE OF CERTAIN ANIMALS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-13, 97-41-16 AND 97-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE CERTAIN OFFENSES AND PENALTIES FOUND IN THE CHAPTER OF LAW PERTAINING TO THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

AgricultureJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives