Bill Text: FL S0200 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Animal Cruelty
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice [S0200 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S0200-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 200 By Senator Steube 23-00115-18 2018200__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to animal cruelty; creating s. 3 828.127, F.S.; prohibiting the malicious or capricious 4 killing of dogs or cats; providing penalties; 5 providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Section 828.127, Florida Statutes, is created to 10 read: 11 828.127 Malicious or capricious killing of a dog or cat. 12 Any person who maliciously or capriciously kills a dog or cat 13 commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 14 s. 775.082 or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. 15 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.