House2023-24 sessionFiscal note
HB 1961: Concerning animal cruelty in the first degree.
Signed into law: Chapter 55, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Low
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 55 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 13, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:01 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Classifies Animal Cruelty in the first degree as a seriousness level III offense regardless of how it is committed.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 29, 202495 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 202449 yea · 0 nay
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