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| 3 | 3 | HB 455 2025 | |
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| 7 | 7 | CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. | |
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| 10 | 10 | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S | |
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| 14 | 14 | A bill to be entitled 1 | |
| 15 | 15 | An act relating to database of animal cruelty 2 | |
| 16 | 16 | violators; amending s. 828.12, F.S.; requiring the 3 | |
| 17 | 17 | Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website 4 | |
| 18 | 18 | the names of certain individuals who have violated 5 | |
| 19 | 19 | specified animal cruelty provisions; providing an 6 | |
| 20 | 20 | effective date. 7 | |
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| 22 | 22 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 | |
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| 24 | 24 | Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 828.12, 11 | |
| 25 | 25 | Florida Statutes, to read: 12 | |
| 26 | 26 | 828.12 Cruelty to animals. — 13 | |
| 27 | 27 | (7) Beginning January 1, 2026, the Department of Law 14 | |
| 28 | 28 | Enforcement shall post on its website, in a searchable format 15 | |
| 29 | 29 | prescribed by the department, the names of those individuals who 16 | |
| 30 | 30 | have been convicted of, or who have entered a plea of guilty or 17 | |
| 31 | 31 | nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a violation of 18 | |
| 32 | 32 | this section. 19 | |
| 33 | 33 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 20 |