LCO No. 1038 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5589 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1038 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING ADOPTION OF ANIMALS BY PERSONS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ANIMAL ABUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to provide that no person 1 previously convicted of animal abuse may adopt another animal. 2 Statement of Purpose: To provide that no person previously convicted of animal abuse may adopt another animal.