2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 476
BY SENATOR OWEN
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:102.5(B) and (C) and to enact R.S. 14:102.5(A)(7)(b)(iv) and
3 (D)(5), relative to the crime of dogfighting and training dogs for dogfighting; to
4 provide that the possession or use of a bait dog is admissible as evidence of
5 dogfighting; to provide an increase in the minimum fine for dogfighting; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. RS. 14:102.5(B) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9 14:102.5(A)(7)(b)(iv) and (D)(5) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง102.5. Dogfighting; training and possession of dogs for fighting
11 A. * * *
12 (7) * * *
13 (b) The following activities shall be admissible as evidence of a violation of
14 this Paragraph:
15 * * *
16 (iv) Possession or use of a bait dog to train another dog for dogfighting.
17 B.(1) "Bait dog" means a dog that is used as bait to train another dog to
18 be more aggressive and accustomed to attacking other dogs for the purpose of
19 dogfighting.
20 (2) "Dogfighting" means an organized event wherein there is a display of
21 combat between two or more dogs in which the fighting, killing, maiming, or
22 injuring of a dog is the significant feature, or main purpose, of the event.
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1 C. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection A of this Section shall be
2 fined not less than one five thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand
3 dollars, or be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor
4 more than ten years, or both.
5 D. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any of the following activities:
6 * * *
7 (5) Owning or possessing a former bait dog for the purpose of providing
8 it with rehabilitative care.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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