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SB231 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB231 Alabama 2017 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tom Whatley
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Dogs, used for agricultural work, exempt from local leash laws, exception
Description

Under existing law, a county or municipality may require that a dog be kept on a leash or otherwise restrained.

This bill would exempt agricultural work dogs, as defined in the bill, from local leash and restraint laws, except in wildlife management areas.

Subjects
Animals

Bill Actions

H

Pending third reading on day 30 Favorable from Agriculture and Forestry with 1 amendment

H

Agriculture and Forestry first Amendment Offered

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry

S

Engrossed

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 989

S

Glover motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 988

S

Glover Amendment Offered

S

Ross motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 987

S

Ross Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Dial motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote

S

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

May 9, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 28
No 3
Absent 4

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature