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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 169
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
A RESOLUTION
To create and provide for a subcommittee of the House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice to study the disposition of dogs used in dogfighting and receive
information from the Best Friends Animal Society, the Police Jury Association of
Louisiana, the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Animal Humane Society, and
any other interested stakeholders and report its findings to the House Committee on
Administration of Criminal Justice no later than February 1, 2022.
WHEREAS, dogs have been domesticated by humans throughout all of history; and
WHEREAS, dogfighting has been a popular event in the United States since the
nineteenth century; and
WHEREAS, dogfighting is illegal in all fifty states; and
WHEREAS, multiple high-profile dogfighting seizures have occurred as a result of
investigations in the United States, including the investigations of dogfighting at the Bad
Newz Kennels and the Missouri Five Hundred; and
WHEREAS, House Rule 14.51 pertinently states the following: "Each standing
committee each joint committee and any subcommittee of such standing or joint committee
is hereby specifically and expressly granted the power and authority to hold hearings,
subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, require the production of books and records, and to
do all other things necessary to accomplish the purposes of the study or investigation
assigned to it by the House or by the legislature or by a majority of the members of the
committee".
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby create a subcommittee of the House Committee on
Administration of Criminal Justice to receive information from Best Friends Animal Society,
the Police Jury Association of Louisiana, the Louisiana Municipal Association, the Animal
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Humane Society, and any other interested stakeholders to study the disposition of dogs used
in dogfighting and propose recommendations for the placement of these dogs with new
owners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the chairman of the House Committee on
Administration of Criminal Justice shall appoint the members of the subcommittee and
designate the chairman and vice chairman of the subcommittee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee shall make a report of its
findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation, to the House Committee on
Administration of Criminal Justice no later than February 1, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that one print copy and one electronic copy of any
report produced pursuant to this Resolution shall be submitted to the David R. Poynter
Legislative Research Library as required by R.S. 24:772.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the subcommittee shall be dissolved upon
adjournment of the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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