l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 80

Dogs; regulate and provide penalties for those with a history of biting.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 9, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR ANY PERSON WHO INTENTIONALLY OR NEGLIGENTLY CAUSES A DOG TO BITE, WOUND OR INFLICT INJURY UPON ANOTHER PERSON; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR ANY DOG OWNER OR PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR A DOG WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF BITING OR PROPENSITY TO BITE AND NEGLIGENTLY ALLOWS THE DOG TO ESCAPE OR INJURE ANOTHER PERSON; TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES IF INJURIES CAUSED IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT RESULT IN DEATH OR MUTILATION; TO AUTHORIZE CIVIL REMEDIES FOR ANY PERSON HARMED IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; 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

2 co-sponsors

Lester Carpenter, Larry Byrd

Its course

January 7 to February 9, 2021, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 9 · stopped33 days

Judiciary BJan 7 to Jan 2720 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 7 – Feb 9

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Tabled in the House
All 3 actions, as published