File Code: Criminal Law - Substantive Crimes
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 339  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Stone, Britt, Garagiola, Giannetti, Grosfeld, and
Pinsky
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Criminal Law - Prohibition Against Wild Animals as Pets
 
Clarifying and altering the application of a prohibition against the
ownership of specified wild animals for specified purposes;
prohibiting a person from possessing and breeding specified wild
animals; providing that the Act does not limit a county or municipal
authority from enacting specified laws or adopting specified
regulations; and clarifying the requirement for specified county,
municipal, and local authorities to adhere to local restraint
requirements if stricter than federal restraint requirements.
Senate Action
- 1/28
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/16
 - Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
 
House Action
- No Action
 
Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 6
 - Senator Gwendolyn Britt, District 47
 - Senator Rob Garagiola, District 15
 - Senator John A. Giannetti, Jr., District 21
 - Senator Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
 - Senator Paul G. Pinsky, District 22
 
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ANIMALS -see also- BIRDS; TURTLES
 - COUNTIES -see also- CHARTERED COUNTIES; CODE COUNTIES
 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES; SENTENCES; etc.
 - LAWS AND ORDINANCES -see also- PUB LOCAL LAWS; UNIFORM LAWS.
 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS -see also- ANNAP; BALT; HAGER; OC
 - NOTICES
 - PENALTIES
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 
Bill affects the following Statute:
-   Criminal Law
 - (
 10-621 
)
 
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
 First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
 - Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
 Available
 - Amendments:
None offered