HB1814
Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
Summary
As Introduced. Animal Cruelty Conviction List established.
Requires the Superintendent of State Police to establish no later than January 1, 2028, and to maintain an Animal Cruelty Conviction List (List) and to make the List publicly available on the Department of State Police's website. The bill specifies that the List include the names of persons convicted of ... (More) certain felony animal cruelty offenses on or after July 1, 2025. The bill requires persons convicted of any such offense to pay a fee of $50 per conviction to fund the maintenance of the List. The bill also requires the Department to remove a person's name and information from the List 15 years after its listing if he has no additional felony conviction for any such offense. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103082D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/2025 - House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/15/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1814)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
