PRINTER'S NO. 2679
No. 1926 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY O'NEILL, QUINN, ADOLPH, BAKER, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BEYER, BIANCUCCI, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CAPPELLI,
CASORIO, CRUZ, DALLY, DePASQUALE, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
GEIST, GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HENNESSEY,
KENNEY, KING, KOTIK, LEACH, MACKERETH, MANN, MARKOSEK,
MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MOYER, MURT, NAILOR, D. O'BRIEN,
PETRONE, RAPP, RAYMOND, READSHAW, REICHLEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, R. STEVENSON, TRUE,
WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 18, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 18, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of
3 cruelty to animals.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 5511(h.1) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 5511. Cruelty to animals.
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10 (h.1) Animal fighting.--A person commits a felony of the
11 third degree if he:
12 (1) for amusement or gain, causes, allows or permits any
13 animal to engage in animal fighting;
14 (2) receives compensation for the admission of another
1 person to any place kept or used for animal fighting;
2 (3) owns, possesses, keeps, trains, promotes, purchases,
3 steals or acquires in any manner or knowingly sells any
4 animal for animal fighting;
5 (4) in any way knowingly encourages, aids or assists
6 therein;
7 (5) wagers on the outcome of an animal fight;
8 (6) pays for admission to an animal fight or attends an
9 animal fight as a spectator; or
10 (7) knowingly permits any place under his control or
11 possession to be kept or used for animal fighting.
12 This subsection shall not apply to activity undertaken in a
13 normal agricultural operation.
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15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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