PRINTER'S NO. 539
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
481
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY D. PARKER, MILLARD, O'BRIEN, HELM, COHEN,
SCHLOSSBERG, RAVENSTAHL, D. COSTA, V. BROWN, W. KELLER,
SCHWEYER, SAINATO, DONATUCCI, O'NEILL, KILLION, SNYDER,
MUSTIO, DEASY, THOMAS, BROWNLEE, ROZZI, McNEILL, STAATS,
VEREB, GRELL, KIRKLAND, WATSON, ROSS, MURT, PHILLIPS-HILL AND
MATZIE, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in offenses against public order and
decency, further providing for the offense of cruelty to
animals.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5511(c)(1) of Title 18 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
ยง 5511. Cruelty to animals.
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(c) Cruelty to animals.--
(1) A person commits an offense if he wantonly or
cruelly illtreats, overloads, beats, otherwise abuses any
animal, or neglects any animal as to which he has a duty of
care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, or abandons
any animal, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance,
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