HB209 expands police animal protection to include trained animals handled by Class One Railroad Officers or special agents, making their protection explicit under Alabama law.
It amends Section 13A-11-260 to ensure that a trained police animal handled by a Class One Railroad Officer or special agent is covered by the police animal protection laws. It adds and clarifies key terms such as containment area, handler, harass, physical harm, police animal, and search and rescue animal. It also notes the bill is exempt from local funding requirements under Amendment 621 because it changes the crime definitions. The act becomes effective immediately after the governor signs it into law.
Delivered to Governor at 4:16 p.m. on June 4, 2015.
Assigned Act No. 2015-457.
Clerk of the House Certification
Passed Second House
Signature Requested
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1467
Third Reading Passed
Enrolled
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 598
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Source: Alabama Legislature