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Contact Senate Committee Today
to Support SB127 Indemnity Bill
Sponsored by Senator Peter Wirth, the Animal Indemnities bill, or SB127, will be heard on Tuesday in the Senate Conservation Committee at 1:30 p.m.
We urge you to call legislators on the committee to support SB 127, if you are in their district.
A short summary of what the bill provides is presented here:
Animal Indemnities
The Problem: Seizure of animals in some animal cruelty cases is being hampered by the current wording of the cruelty statute, resulting in a lack of remedy for involved agencies. Given recent increases in reporting and investigation of cruelty, agencies often cannot afford to pay for seized animals' care, making it financially impossible for them to remove animals from bad situations. Seized animals sometimes occupy kennel or shelter space for months, or even years, at a time.
The Solution: Initiative of the Attorney General's Animal Cruelty Task Force and Animal Protection Voters seeks to pass a law that requires those charged with animal cruelty to pay for the care of their animals if they are seized into protective custody. This will provide a system that allows law enforcement officials to always seize animals who are being starved or mistreated. Requiring owners to post a security deposit for animal care is not a punitive measure, but rather represents the normal cost of properly caring for animals.
Senate Bill 127 would place the financial responsibility for animals seized for their own protection on the owners themselves.
Read APV's fact sheet on this legislation.
Senate Conservation Committee Members:
Please contact these legislators ONLY if you live in their districts.
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