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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1824 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representatives Duffield, Beaty Jr., M. Brown, A. Collins, Crawford, Ennett, D. Garner, Gazaway, 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | Gonzales Worthen, Hollowell, Hudson, McCullough, J. Moore, Pearce, T. Shephard, Tosh, Unger, D. 6 |
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| 10 | 9 | | Whitaker, Wooten 7 |
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| 11 | 10 | | By: Senators A. Clark, C. Tucker 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CRUELTY TO 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | ANIMALS; TO CREATE THE DOG AND CAT RESCUE ACT: 12 |
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| 16 | 15 | | DAISY'S LAW; TO AUTHORIZE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 13 |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECURE A DOG OR CAT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND FOR 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 15 |
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| 20 | 19 | | 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | Subtitle 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | TO CREATE THE DOG AND CAT RESCUE ACT: 19 |
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| 23 | 22 | | DAISY'S LAW. 20 |
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| 25 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 |
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| 27 | 26 | | SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Title. 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dog and Cat Rescue 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | Act: Daisy's Law". 26 |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Arkansas Code Title 5, Chapter 62, Subchapter 1, is amended 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | to add an additional section to read as follows: 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | 5-62-128. Law enforcement securing dogs and cats. 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (a) In addition to the disposition of a dog or cat provided under ยง 5 -31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | 62-106, following a complaint of cruelty to dogs or cats under this 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | subchapter, a law enforcement officer may temporarily secure a dog or cat and 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | transfer temporary possession of the dog or cat to an appropriate place of 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | custody if a substantial likelihood exists that the condition of the dog or 35 |
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| 39 | 38 | | cat would deteriorate if the dog or cat was not secured by the law 36 HB1824 |
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| 42 | 41 | | enforcement officer. 1 |
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| 43 | 42 | | (b) A law enforcement officer may use the condition or the securing of 2 |
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| 44 | 43 | | other dogs or cats belonging to the same owner as evidence to support 3 |
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| 45 | 44 | | securing the dog or cat under subsection (a) of this section. 4 |
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