PRINTER'S NO. 294
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
298
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY ALLOWAY, REGAN, BARTOLOTTA, DINNIMAN, ARGALL,
SABATINA, KILLION, YUDICHAK, FOLMER, BAKER, RAFFERTY, BLAKE,
FONTANA, BOSCOLA, SCAVELLO, WARD, VULAKOVICH, YAW, COSTA,
BROWNE, RESCHENTHALER AND WAGNER, FEBRUARY 6, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
related offenses, 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) 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] knowingly or recklessly 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, drink, shelter or veterinary care, or
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