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HB366
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By Representatives Rehm, Underwood, Pettus, Stringer, Bolton,
Mooney, Brown, Smith, Wood (D), Butler, Whorton, Bedsole,
Lipscomb, Lee, Clouse, Paramore, Reynolds, Colvin
RFD: Agriculture and Forestry
First Read: 27-Feb-25
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First Read: 27-Feb-25
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to police dogs; to authorize emergency medical
services personnel to provide emergency medical care to
injured police dogs and transport them to a veterinary clinic
or veterinary hospital; and to provide immunity from liability
arising from providing such medical care.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited
as the Lakyn Canine Act.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the following
terms have the following meanings:
(1) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. The same
meaning as provided in Section 22-18-1, Code of Alabama 1975.
(2) POLICE DOG. Any dog with specialized training or in
the process of specialized training which is used by and under
the control of a federal, state, or local peace officer, Class
One Railroad Officer or special agent, firefighter, or any
member of the military in the performance of his or her
duties.
(c) Emergency medical services personnel may transport
a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary
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a police dog injured in the line of duty to a veterinary
clinic, veterinary hospital, or other similar facility if
there is no individual that requires medical attention or
transport at that time.
(d)(1) Notwithstanding Section 34-29-76, Code of
Alabama 1975, or any other law to the contrary, emergency
medical services personnel may provide emergency medical care
to a police dog injured in the line of duty while at the scene
of the injury or while the police dog is being transported
pursuant to subsection (c).
(2) Emergency medical services personnel who act in
good faith to provide emergency medical care to a police dog
pursuant to subdivision (1) are immune from criminal or civil
liability as it relates to any injury or harm caused to the
injured police dog. Emergency medical services personnel are
also immune from criminal or civil liability for refusing to
treat or transport an injured police dog.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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1, 2025.
House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on Agriculture and
Forestry
................27-Feb-25
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................19-Mar-25
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 103
Nays 0
Abstains 0
................01-Apr-25
John Treadwell
Clerk
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