Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 12, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2357
Animal cruelty; revise.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH LAWS AGAINST THE CRUELTY OF ANY DOG OR CAT; TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA FROM WHICH A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WITH CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE COMMITS THE ACT OF CRUELTY TO ANY DOG OR CAT SHALL BE CHARGED; TO ESTABLISH THE ACT OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; TO ESTABLISH THAT ANYONE GUILTY OF AN ACT OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS SHALL BE CHARGED WITH A FELONY; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-1, 97-41-5, 97-41-7 AND 97-41-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEAL WITH 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 8 to Feb 12 · stopped35 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 8 to Feb 326 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 Senate Jan 8 – Feb 12
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 12Died On CalendarSenate