Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 373
Crimes; revise crime of animal cruelty and exempt certain activities from constituting the crime.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIME OF ANIMAL CRUELTY; TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY DEGREES OF THE CRIME; TO CLARIFY AND REVISE THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THE CRIME; TO SPECIFICALLY EXEMPT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FROM CONSTITUTING THE CRIME; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-3, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-13, 97-41-15, 97-41-16 AND 97-41-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS AGAINST CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 4 to February 1, 2011, 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
AgricultureJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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 4 – Feb 1
- Jan 4Referred to the House committees on Agriculture and on Judiciary B
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 4Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives