Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05698 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5698
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 810
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5698 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 810

*00810*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF CONVICTED ANIMAL ABUSERS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANIMAL ABUSER REGISTRY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the registration of convicted animal abusers in the state and the establishment of an animal abuser registry.

Statement of Purpose: 

To alert law enforcement and the public to the location of convicted animal abusers and to assist animal shelters in screening out potential animal adopters for convictions relating to animal abuse.