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  6. HB 244

HB 244

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  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Calendar
  • 4 Bill Text
  • 5 Bill Votes
  • 6 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Mike Ball
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Animals, required rabies vaccines for certain canidae and felidae, further provided for, possession of certain large felidae, wolves, or bears, prohibited under certain conditions, minimum caging requirements, penalties, Secs. 3-8-1 am'd; Sec. 3-8-2 added.
Description

Under existing law, it is illegal to own, maintain, sell, or trade any canidae or felidae for which there is no USDA licensed rabies vaccine, under certain conditions

This bill would further provide for the possession of certain canidae or felidae for which there is no USDA licensed rabies vaccine

This bill would make it illegal to intentionally or knowingly possess, sell, transfer, or breed any living large felidae, wolf, or bear, with certain exceptions

This bill would allow persons who lawfully possessed a large felidae, wolf, or bear prior to the effective date of this bill to keep the animal under certain conditions

This bill would provide minimum caging requirements for any large felidae, wolf, or bear, under certain conditions

This bill would provide penalties for violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to animals; to amend Section 3-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to required rabies vaccines for canidae or felidae; to further provide for the possession of certain canidae or felidae; to add Section 3-8-2 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to make it illegal, with certain exceptions, to intentionally or knowingly possess, sell, transfer, or breed any living large felidae, as defined, wolf, with exceptions, or bear, with exceptions; to allow persons who already lawfully possess a large felidae, wolf, or bear to keep the animal under certain conditions; to provide minimum caging requirements under certain conditions; to provide penalties; and in connection therewith to have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.

Subjects
Animals

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
May 23, 2019 S Pending third reading on day 25 Favorable from Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
May 23, 2019 S Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
May 23, 2019 S Rereferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
May 7, 2019 S Referred to Committee
April 25, 2019 S Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
April 25, 2019 H Engrossed
April 25, 2019 H Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 390
April 25, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 389
April 25, 2019 H McMillan Amendment Offered
April 25, 2019 H Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 388
April 25, 2019 H Agriculture and Forestry first Substitute Offered
April 25, 2019 H Third Reading Passed
April 11, 2019 H Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
March 20, 2019 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Bill Calendar

Type Date Location Description
Hearing May 23, 2019 Pro Tems Conference Room at 11:30 Senate AC&F Hearing
Hearing April 10, 2019 Room 601 at 10:30 House A&F Hearing
Hearing April 3, 2019 Room 410 at 15:00 House A&F Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB 244 PDF

Bill Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
2019-04-25
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Adopt
2019-04-25
Chamber: House
Result: Passed
Motion to Adopt
2019-04-25
Chamber: House
Result: Passed

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB 244 - Engrossed
Bill Text HB 244 - Introduced
Bill Amendments House Agriculture and Forestry first Substitute Offered
Bill Amendments House McMillan Amendment Offered

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