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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 21

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Relating to: requirements for law enforcement dogs that have bitten a person.

Dogs Police Veterinary medicine

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill makes changes to the requirements for law enforcement dogs that

have bitten a person.

Under current law, a dog that has bitten a person must be quarantined.

Current law exempts law enforcement dogs that bite a person while performing law

enforcement duties and that are immunized against rabies, but requires the dog to

be confined when not performing law enforcement functions until it can be examined

by a veterinarian on three separate occasions.

This bill eliminates the requirements that a law enforcement dog that has

bitten a person be examined by a veterinarian and that the dog be confined. The bill

requires the law enforcement agency to make the dog available for examination at

any reasonable time and, if the dog exhibits abnormal behavior, to notify the local

health department.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cowles (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Brandtjen (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Genrich (D) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kremer (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 29, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Steffen, Jarchow, Kremer, Gannon, Nygren, Spiros, Kerkman, Tittl, Wichgers, Genrich, Mursau, Bernier, E. Brooks, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Brandtjen

  2. Feb 2, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Mar 22, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1