1652-S.E AMS MCAU S5776.1

ESHB 1652 - S AMD TO LAW COMM AMD (S5554.1)

By Senators McAuliffe, Quigley, Loveland, Rasmussen, Prince, Deccio, Skratek, A. Smith, Drew, Haugen, Moyer, Hargrove and Hochstatter

    On page 1, after line 6 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds there is a need to modernize the law on animal cruelty to more appropriately address the nature of the offense.  It is not the intent of this act to remove or decrease any of the exemptions from the statutes on animal cruelty that now apply to customary animal husbandry practices, state game or fish laws, rodeos, fairs under chapter 15.76 RCW, or medical research otherwise authorized under federal or state law.  It is the intent of this act to require the enforcement of chapter 16.52 RCW by persons who are accountable to elected officials at the local and state level."

    Renumber the following sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

ESHB 1652 - S AMD TO LAW COMM AMD (S5554.1)

By Senators McAuliffe, Quigley, Loveland, Rasmussen, Prince, Deccio, Skratek, A. Smith, Drew, Haugen, Moyer, Hargrove and Hochstatter

    On page 25, line 33 of the title amendment, after "16.52 RCW;" insert "creating a new section;"

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