MA S1072

Bill

MA S1072

Protecting abandoned animals in vacant properties

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to protect abandoned animals in vacant properties. Municipalities and Regional Government.

AI Summary

This bill requires lessors or owners of properties that have been vacated due to foreclosure, termination of tenancy, abandonment, or other removal of a tenant, to inspect the property for abandoned animals within three days of knowing or should have known about the vacancy. If an abandoned animal is found, the lessor or owner must immediately notify an animal control officer, police officer, or other authorized agent about the animal's presence and condition. For the purposes of this bill, an animal is considered abandoned if it is found in a property vacated through these means. This legislation aims to prevent animal suffering by ensuring prompt reporting and intervention when animals are left behind in vacant properties, and clarifies that the reporting party is not considered the animal's owner or custodian under existing law.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (37)

Jamie Eldridge (D)*, Jim Arciero (D), Brian Ashe (D), Jennifer Benson (D), Will Brownsberger (D), Josh Cutler (D), Angelo D'Emilia (R), Sal DiDomenico (D), Michelle DuBois (D), Carolyn Dykema (D), Lori Ehrlich (D), Linda Forry (D), Sean Garballey (D), Susan Gifford (R), Anne Gobi (D), Danielle Gregoire (D), Robert Hedlund (R), Paul Heroux (D), Thomas Kennedy (D), Barbara L'Italien (D), Jason Lewis (D), Joan Lovely (D), Timothy Madden (D), Thomas McGee (D), Mark Montigny (D), Mike Moore (D), Kathleen O'Connor Ives (D), Keiko Orrall (R), Marc Pacheco (D), Angelo Puppolo (D), Todd Smola (R), Tom Stanley (D), Bruce Tarr (R), Walter Timilty (D), Timothy Toomey (D), Paul Tucker (D), Chris Walsh (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see S2174 (on 03/14/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1072

(5 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1072
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1072
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1072.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H4442	Advancing and expanding access to telemedicine services	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading	Similar To
S2174	Protecting abandoned animals in vacant properties	New draft substituted, as amended, see S2375	Replaced by
S2375	Protecting abandoned animals in vacant properties	Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading	Similar To
S942	Relative to essential regional services	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To
S947	Relative to juvenile intimidation of witnesses, jurors and persons furnishing information in connection with criminal proceedings	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To

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