House2025-26 sessionFiscal note
ESHB 1149 — Preventing cruelty to animals.
Signed into law — Chapter 220, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Hackney
- Introduced
- January 16, 2025
- Status
- C 220 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 12, 2025)
What this bill does
Expands the crimes of Animal Cruelty and Animal Fighting. Modifies enforcement and criminal penalties for violations of animal cruelty laws.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202596 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 17, 202585 yea · 11 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 3, 202547 yea · 1 nay · 1 not voting
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