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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6218
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AS AN
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) No person shall serve as 1
an animal control officer or regional animal control officer, pursuant to 2
section 22-331 or 22-331a of the general statutes, as applicable, if such 3
person is convicted of animal abuse or neglect, or enters a plea of nolo 4
contendere or into a plea bargain concerning a charge of animal abuse 5
or neglect, pursuant to section 53-247 of the general statutes. In the event 6
any such animal control officer or regional animal control officer is 7
convicted of such a charge, such officer shall be placed on unpaid 8
administrative leave until any applicable appeals are exhausted. 9
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that animal control officers are morally capable of adhering
to a strict standard of care for animals in their possession.
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that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
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Co-Sponsors: REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist.; REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.
H.B. 6218