The Washington House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to have an executive session on HB 1201 and HB 1202 on Feb 12, 2013, at 10:00AM. This is where they will be voting on whether to pass the bills out of committee to go on to the next step in the process of becoming a law or not.
Again, HB 1201 (companion bill SB 5203) would make selling animals in public places or private places open to the public, with certain exceptions, an animal cruelty crime.
HB 1202 (companion bill SB 5204) adds a new animal cruelty infraction for issues not rising to the level of 2nd or 1st degree cruelty, and makes several other changes to the animal cruelty laws.
If you would like to make your opinion known and hopefully influence the way the committee members vote, please contact the judiciary committee members ASAP.
Contact Information for the WA House Judiciary Committee:
http://waanimal.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-wa-house-judiciary-committee.html
See the following posts for more information:
Washington Animal Cruelty Legislation for 2013: HB 1201 and HB 1202 (This post contains a summary of the two bills and the changes they would be making to existing law):
http://waanimal.blogspot.com/2013/01/wa-animal-cruelty-legislation-for-2013.html
Unofficial Transcript of Public Hearings on HB 1201 and HB 1202, including a link to video of the hearing:
http://waanimal.blogspot.com/2013/02/unofficial-transcript-of-public.html
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