Brief Description: Modifying animal fighting provisions.

Sponsors: Senators Regala, Carrell and Oke.

Senate Committee on Judiciary
House Committee on Judiciary

Background: Animal fighting is an unranked class C felony (0 to 12 months incarceration). A person who promotes, organizes, conducts, participates in, advertises, or performs any service in the furtherance of animal fighting, or provides or serves as a stakeholder for any money wagered on an animal fight commits the offense of animal fighting.

Summary: It is clarified that the offense of animal fighting requires knowing promotion, organization, participation in, advertisement, or performance of any service in the furtherance of animal fighting. It is also clarified that the offense includes being a spectator, and that the wagering activity may occur at any place or building.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      47   0
House      98   0   (House amended)
Senate      44   0   (Senate concurred)

Effective: June 7, 2006