Hearing
Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Hearing
room 316 at 14:30:00
HB366 Alabama 2025 Session
Updated Feb 22, 2026
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Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Rick RehmRepresentativeRepublican- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Title
- Police dogs; emergency medical services personnel authorized to provide medical care and transport to those injured in line of duty; immunity from liability therefor provided
- Summary
HB366 creates the Lakyn Canine Act, authorizing EMS personnel to treat and transport injured police dogs and shielding them from liability when doing so in good faith.
What This Bill DoesIt authorizes emergency medical services personnel to transport an injured police dog to a veterinary clinic or hospital, and to provide emergency medical care to the dog at the scene or during transport. It provides immunity from criminal or civil liability for EMS personnel who act in good faith to treat or transport the dog, and also immunity for refusing to treat or transport. It also defines key terms (EMS personnel and police dog) and sets an effective date of October 1, 2025.
Who It Affects- Emergency medical services personnel who may treat or transport injured police dogs and who receive liability immunity for good-faith actions or for choosing not to treat/transport.
- Police dogs and their law enforcement units, which would benefit from defined authority for medical care and transport and from clearer protocols during on-scene or in-transit treatment.
Key ProvisionsAI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.- Act is named the Lakyn Canine Act.
- Defines EMS personnel and police dog for the purposes of the act.
- Allows EMS personnel to transport an injured police dog to a veterinary clinic, veterinary hospital, or similar facility if no one else needs attention at the time.
- Allows EMS personnel to provide emergency medical care to an injured police dog at the scene or during transport, notwithstanding other laws.
- Immunizes EMS personnel from criminal or civil liability for providing such care in good faith, and from liability for refusing to treat or transport an injured police dog.
- Effective date: October 1, 2025.
- Subjects
- Animals
Bill Actions
H
Enacted
H
Enacted
H
Delivered to Governor
S
Signature Requested
H
Enrolled
H
Ready to Enroll
S
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 965
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
H
Engrossed
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 598
H
Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 597 XDQYQ7Z-1
H
Agriculture and Forestry 1st Substitute Offered XDQYQ7Z-1
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Agriculture and Forestry 1st Substitute XDQYQ7Z-1
H
Pending House Agriculture and Forestry
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Calendar
Hearing
House Agriculture and Forestry Hearing
Room 429 at 14:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 598
Yes
103
Absent
1
Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 597 XDQYQ7Z-1
Yes
103
Absent
1
Third Reading in House of Origin
Yes
102
Abstained
1
Absent
1
HBIR: Passed by House of Origin
Yes
102
Abstained
1
Absent
1
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Roll Call 965
Yes
34
Documents
Bill Text (Enrolled)
HB366 Alabama 2025 Session - Enrolled
Bill Text (Engrossed)
HB366 Alabama 2025 Session - Engrossed
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB366 Alabama 2025 Session - Introduced
Amendment
House Agriculture and Forestry Agriculture and Forestry 1st Substitute
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Reported by First Chamber Committee
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Passed First Chamber
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - Enacted
Source: Alabama Legislature