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Introduced
01/20/2015
01/20/2015
In Committee
01/20/2015
01/20/2015
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
07/31/2016
07/31/2016
Introduced Session
189th General Court
Bill Summary
Relative to confining animals in a motor vehicle. The Judiciary.
AI Summary
This bill amends Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 272 by adding a new section that prohibits confining an animal in a motor vehicle in a way that could endanger its health due to extreme temperatures without proper ventilation or protection. It grants animal control officers, law enforcement officers, and firefighters the authority to enter a vehicle by reasonable means if they have probable cause to believe this law is being violated, after attempting to locate the owner. These officers are immune from liability for removing an animal under these circumstances and must leave a notice where the animal can be retrieved upon payment of accrued care costs. Violators face escalating fines: $75 for a first offense, $100 for a second, and $300 for a third and subsequent offenses, and this section can be enforced under Chapter 40, Section 21D, without precluding prosecution for other animal cruelty laws.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (68)
Lori Ehrlich (D)*,
Jim Arciero (D),
Brian Ashe (D),
Cory Atkins (D),
Bruce Ayers (D),
Jennifer Benson (D),
Michael Brady (D),
Paul Brodeur (D),
Will Brownsberger (D),
Thomas Calter (D),
James Cantwell (D),
Gailanne Cariddi (D),
Daniel Cullinane (D),
Mark Cusack (D),
Angelo D'Emilia (R),
Michael Day (D),
Marjorie Decker (D),
Stephen DiNatale (D),
Diana Dizoglio (D),
Michelle DuBois (D),
James Dwyer (D),
Carolyn Dykema (D),
Jamie Eldridge (D),
Kim Ferguson (R),
Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D),
Carole Fiola (D),
Bill Galvin (D),
Sean Garballey (D),
Denise Garlick (D),
Colleen Garry (D),
Susan Gifford (R),
Ken Gordon (D),
Jonathan Hecht (D),
Paul Heroux (D),
Kate Hogan (D),
Louis Kafka (D),
Kay Khan (D),
Peter Kocot (D),
Barbara L'Italien (D),
John Lawn (D),
Jason Lewis (D),
David Linsky (D),
Jay Livingstone (D),
Timothy Madden (D),
Joe McGonagle (D),
Paul McMurtry (D),
Aaron Michlewitz (D),
Mike Moore (D),
Frank Moran (D),
James Murphy (D),
Harold Naughton (D),
Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D),
Marc Pacheco (D),
Alice Peisch (D),
Smitty Pignatelli (D),
Angelo Puppolo (D),
Dave Rogers (D),
Danny Ryan (D),
Tom Sannicandro (D),
John Scibak (D),
Alan Silvia (D),
Theodore Speliotis (D),
Tom Stanley (D),
Bruce Tarr (R),
Walter Timilty (D),
Timothy Toomey (D),
Paul Tucker (D),
Chris Walsh (D),
Last Action
Accompanied a study order, see H4624 (on 09/22/2016)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H1273 |
| Bill | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H1273.pdf |
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