PRINTER'S NO. 4504
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2928
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY SONNEY, BOBACK, BROOKS, DAVANZO, DeLUCA,
GILLESPIE, HILL-EVANS, JAMES, McNEILL, MILLARD, SAMUELSON,
SCHMITT, STEPHENS AND THOMAS, OCTOBER 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
OCTOBER 14, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 7, 1982 (P.L.784, No.225), entitled
"An act relating to dogs, regulating the keeping of dogs;
providing for the licensing of dogs and kennels; providing
for the protection of dogs and the detention and destruction
of dogs in certain cases; regulating the sale and
transportation of dogs; declaring dogs to be personal
property and the subject of theft; providing for the
abandonment of animals; providing for the assessment of
damages done to animals; providing for payment of damages by
the Commonwealth in certain cases and the liability of the
owner or keeper of dogs for such damages; imposing powers and
duties on certain State and local officers and employees;
providing penalties; and creating a Dog Law Restricted
Account," in quarantines, dogs at large, confinement, further
providing for seizure and detention of dogs and costs and
destruction of dogs.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 302(c) of the act of December 7, 1982
(P.L.784, No.225), known as the Dog Law, is amended to read:
Section 302. Seizure and detention of dogs; costs; destruction
of dogs.
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(c) Unlicensed dogs.--Except as otherwise provided by
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