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Date Posted: 13:24:39 11/20/10 Sat
Author: Sharon B
Subject: Re: HB70, Nitro's Law
In reply to: Marshland k9 's message, "Re: HB70, Nitro's Law" on 12:20:23 11/20/10 Sat

Hi,

Thanks for the warning. I know there was a law introduced in Pennsylvania that was meant to reduce the amount of puppy mills and increase regulation on how they were run. It hurt some people. I don't think it ever got passed because some of the wording was ambiguous. As an aside, I am not a breeder.

If you look at Nitro's Law, HB70, all it does is change the level of the crime from Misdemeanor to Felony. So if a public kennel operator is arrested and convicted for animal abuse, under current Ohio law they will only be convicted of a Misdemeanor. If this law passes, a kennel operator convicted of animal abuse would face Felony charges. This law, HB70, will not change animal abuse laws -- it just changes the level of the crime for a public kennel operator. It does not change or alter the legal definition of animal abuse, or what constitutes animal abuse, just the penalty.

Sub. H. B. No. 70 - Representatives Gerberry, Hagan.

To amend sections 959.131 and 959.99 of the Revised Code to specifically prohibit an owner of a kennel of dogs from committing cruel treatment of a companion animal by the animal's custodian or caretaker and to give a prosecutor who prosecutes an owner of a kennel of dogs who commits cruel treatment of a companion animal discretion in prosecuting the owner for the offense, was taken up for consideration the third time.

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