CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6568

Chapter 287, Laws of 2006

59th Legislature
2006 Regular Session



ANIMAL FIGHTING



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/7/06

Passed by the Senate March 4, 2006
  YEAS 44   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 2, 2006
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6568 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 28, 2006.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 28, 2006 - 3:10 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6568
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2006 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2006 Regular Session

By Senators Regala, Carrell and Oke

Read first time 01/16/2006.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to animal fighting; amending RCW 16.52.117; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 16.52.117 and 2005 c 481 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person commits the crime of animal fighting if the person knowingly does any of the following:
     (a) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells, or advertises or offers for sale any animal with the intent that the animal shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another animal;
     (b) Knowingly promotes, organizes, conducts, participates in, is a spectator of, advertises, prepares, or performs any service in the furtherance of, an exhibition of animal fighting, transports spectators to an animal fight, or provides or serves as a stakeholder for any money wagered on an animal fight at any place or building;
     (c) Keeps or uses any place for the purpose of animal fighting, or manages or accepts payment of admission to any place kept or used for the purpose of animal fighting;
     (d) Suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept, or used for the purpose of an exhibition of animal fighting; or
     (e) Takes, leads away, possesses, confines, sells, transfers, or receives a stray animal or a pet animal, with the intent to deprive the owner of the pet animal, and with the intent of using the stray animal or pet animal for animal fighting, or for training or baiting for the purpose of animal fighting.
     (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony punishable under RCW 9A.20.021.
     (3) Nothing in this section prohibits the following:
     (a) The use of dogs in the management of livestock, as defined by chapter 16.57 RCW, by the owner of the livestock or the owner's employees or agents or other persons in lawful custody of the livestock;
     (b) The use of dogs in hunting as permitted by law; or
     (c) The training of animals or the use of equipment in the training of animals for any purpose not prohibited by law.
     (4) For the purposes of this section, "animal" means dogs or male chickens.


         Passed by the Senate March 4, 2006.
         Passed by the House March 2, 2006.
         Approved by the Governor March 28, 2006.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 28, 2006.