H.B. No. 0101

Vicious animals-interference with game wardens.

 

Sponsored By:     Representative(s) Moniz, Brown, Cannady and McOmie and Senator(s) Dockstader and Driskill

 

AN ACT relating to game and fish; creating an offense of owning a dog which attacks a game and fish law enforcement officer; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

 

1/10/2011      Bill Number Assigned

1/11/2011      H Received for Introduction

1/13/2011      H Introduced and Referred to H06

1/20/2011      H06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Bonner, Botten, Connolly, Davison, Jaggi, McKim, McOmie, Petroff and Shepperson

Ayes 9    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/20/2011      H Placed on General File

 

HB0101HS001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 9           Delete "warden" insert "and fish law enforcement officer".

Page 1-line 14          Delete "warden" insert "and fish law enforcement officer".

Page 1-line 15          Delete "officers'" insert "officer's".

Page 2-lines 5 through 7      Delete entirely and insert "any animal that attacks in a vicious manner or that bites.".  MCOMIE, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0101HW001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 1           Delete "providing criminal".

Page 1-line 2           Delete entirely; insert "creating an offense of owning a dog which attacks a game and fish law enforcement officer; providing penalties;".

Page 1-line 3           Delete "specified;".

Page 1-line 10          Delete "animals" insert "dogs".

Page 1-lines 12 through 15    Delete entirely including the standing committee amendment (HB0101HS001/A) to these lines and insert:

"(a)  An owner of a dog that bites or otherwise attacks in a vicious manner a game and fish law enforcement officer, who is discharging his duties on public lands, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in this section.  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the dog was attempting to protect livestock at the time of the attack."

Page 2-lines 1 through 7      Delete entirely including the standing committee amendment (HB0101HS001/A) to these lines.

Page 2-line 9           Delete "(c)" insert "(b)".  BOTTEN

 

1/21/2011      H Passed CoW

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brown, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Connolly, Eklund, Gingery, Greene, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Moniz, Patton, Petroff, Semlek, Shepperson, Throne, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Brechtel, Buchanan, Burkhart, Craft, Freeman, Gay, Greear, Harvey, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Miller, Nicholas, B., Peasley, Petersen, Quarberg, Roscoe, Stubson, Teeters and Vranish

Excused:  Representative(s) Berger, Davison, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Goggles, Harshman, Pederson, Steward and Wallis

Absent:  Representative(s) Childers

Ayes 26    Nays 24    Excused 9    Absent 1    Conflicts 0

 

1/24/2011      H Passed 2nd Reading

1/25/2011      H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brown, Burkhart, Byrd, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Connolly, Craft, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Gingery, Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Krone, Lockhart, Madden, McOmie, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton, Petersen, Petroff, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Brechtel, Buchanan, Edmonds, Eklund, Gay, Greear, Kroeker, Loucks, Lubnau, McKim, Miller, Peasley, Pederson, Quarberg, Roscoe, Stubson, Teeters, Throne, Vranish and Wallis

Excused:  Representative(s) Davison and Goggles

Ayes 38    Nays 20    Excused 2    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/27/2011      S Received for Introduction

1/28/2011      S Introduced and Referred to S06

2/3/2011       S06 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Dockstader, Driskill and Esquibel, F.

Nays:  Senator(s) Burns and Christensen

Ayes 3    Nays 2    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/3/2011       S Placed on General File

 

HB0101SS001/ADOPTED  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 1-line 2           Delete "owning" insert "failing to control"; delete "law enforcement" insert "employee;".

Page 1-line 3           Delete "officer;".

Page 1-line 10          Delete "law" insert "employee;".

Page 1-line 11          Delete "enforcement officer;".

Page 1-line 13          Delete "An owner of" insert "A person who fails to control".

Page 1-line 14          Delete "law enforcement" insert "employee,".

Page 1-line 15          Delete "officer,".  BURNS, CHAIRMAN

 

HB0101SW001/ADOPTED  (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Delete the Senate Standing Committee Amendment (HB0101SS001/A) entirely and further amend as follows:

Page 1-line 1           Delete "of" insert "for"

Page 1-line 2           Delete "owning" insert "failing to control".

Page 1-line 13          Delete "An owner of a dog" insert "A person who fails to control a dog which he owns".  DOCKSTADER

 

2/10/2011      S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Barnard, Burns, Dockstader, Driskill, Esquibel, F. and Nutting

Nays:  Senator(s) Case, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Emerich, Geis, Hastert, Hicks, Hines, Jennings, Johnson, Landen, Martin, Meier, Nicholas, P., Peterson, Ross, Rothfuss, Schiffer, Scott and Von Flatern

Excused:  Senator(s) Anderson, Bebout and Perkins

Ayes 6    Nays 21    Excused 3    Absent 0    Conflicts 0