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SB1200

Police animals; killing or injuring, penalty.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Bryce Reeves (R)

Session:
2023 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Killing or injuring police animals; penalty.

Requires a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of six months for any person who maliciously kills or injures an animal owned, used, or trained by a law-enforcement agency, a regional jail, or the Department of Corrections while such animal is performing its lawful duties or is being kept in a kennel, pen, or stable while off duty. The bill also provides that such punishment be separate and apart from, and be made to run consecutively with, any other sentence. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/10/2023 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102177D
  • 01/10/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
  • 01/12/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1200)
  • 01/16/2023 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1200)
  • 01/18/2023 - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)