HB 103 — AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.

UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BRHB 834103/GA AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:[,] (a) "Restrain""Torture" means the intentional infliction of or subjection to keepextreme aphysical dogpain or catserious confinedinjury or death to a finitedog spaceor cat, motivated by intent or enclosurewanton suchdisregard that causes, increases, or prolongs the pain or suffering of the dog or catcat, cannotincluding seekserious escape,physical injury or infirmity, and does so while the dog or cat is restrained, which may include being:

Abandoned in a building;building for three (3) days or more with no intention of returning or having made provisions for the animal's care;

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(b) "Serious physical injury or infirmity"8. means physical injury or physical infirmity that creates a substantial risk of death, protracted loss, or impairment of the function of the limb or bodily organ.

Manually restrained;

and (b) "Serious physical injury or infirmity" means physical injury or physical infirmity that creates a substantial risk of death, protracted loss, or impairment of the function of the limb or bodily organ caused by intent or wanton disregard while restrained.

"Physical infirmity" includes intentional starvation, dehydration, hypothermia, hyperthermia, muscle atrophy, restriction of blood flow to a limb or organ, mange or other skin disease or parasitic infestation,infestation Page 1 of 3 HB010310.100 - 834 - XXXX 3/7/2023 6:50 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS HB 103/GA that has been refused medical care, denial of life-saving medical care or professional euthanasia while intentionally restraining with the intent to cause or the wanton disregard for extreme physical pain, serious injury, or death;

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"Physical injury" includes substantial physical pain, serious injuryinjury, or death intentionally caused by fractures, cuts, burns, punctures, bruises due to crushing, burning, drowning, beating, poisoning, suffocating, hanging, impaling or skinning alive, physical disfigurement, loss of function of a limb or body organ or other wounds or illnesses produced by violence or a thermal or chemical agent while intentionally restrained with the intent to cause or the wanton disregard for extreme physical pain, serious injury, or death;death ["Torture" means the intentional infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain or injury, motivated by an intent to increase or prolong the pain of the animal].

and (c) "Torture" means the intentional infliction of or subjection to extreme physical pain or serious injury or death to a dog or cat, motivated by [an ]intent or wanton disregard that causes, increases, or prolongs the pain or suffering of the dog or cat, including serious physical injury or infirmity[to increase or prolong the pain of the animal].

(6) Nothing in this section shall apply to the killing or injuring of a dog or cat without intent to cause, or without wanton disregard of, increasing or prolonging the Page 2 of 3 HB010310.100 - 834 - XXXX 3/7/2023 6:50 PM GA UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS HB 103/GA pain, suffering, or death of the dog or cat:

Page 2 of 3 XXXX 1/4/2023 7:49 PM Jacketed UNOFFICIAL COPY 23 RS BR 834 (b) For humane purposes;

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