SB 69 — An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for the offense of cruelty to animals.

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15969 THE2017 GENERALINTRODUCED ASSEMBLYBY OFEICHELBERGER, PENNSYLVANIAVULAKOVICH, SENATEVOGEL, BILLSCAVELLO, SessionRESCHENTHALER, COSTA, WAGNER, YUDICHAK, KILLION, HAYWOOD, RAFFERTY AND BOSCOLA, JANUARY 12, 2017 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 12, 2017 AN ACT Amending Titles 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 22 (Detectives and Private Police) of No.the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and related offenses, further providing for the offense of cruelty to animals;

69and, 2017 INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, VULAKOVICH, VOGEL, SCAVELLO, RAFFERTY, BOSCOLA, BARTOLOTTA AND ALLOWAY, JANUARY 12, 2017 SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 24, 2017 AN ACT Amending Titles TITLE 18 (Crimes and Offenses) and 22 <-- (Detectives and Private Police) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in riot,Society disorderlyPolice conductOfficer andAdvisory relatedBoard.r offenses, further providing for theHumane offenseThis ofact crueltyshall be referred to animals;as Cordelia's Law.

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This act shall be referred to as Cordelia's Law.

(iv) If a person kills, maims, mutilates, tortures or disfigures a guide dog for an individual who is blind, 20170SB0069PN015920170SB0069PN0050 - 2 - a hearing dog for an individual who is deaf or audibly impaired or a service dog for an individual who is physically limited, whether belonging to the individual or otherwise, that person, in addition to any other applicable penalty, shall be required to make reparations for veterinary costs in treating the dog and, if necessary, the cost of obtaining and training a replacement dog.

or (C) causing or allowing, through prolonged deprivation of food or sustenance, a substantial loss <-- in the animal's appropriate THE LOSS OF MORE THAN <-- ONE-THIRD OF THE ANIMAL'S NORMAL body mass without veterinary care.

Section 3715 of Title 22 is amended by adding a <-- subsection to read:

§ 5511 (relating to cruelty to 20170SB0069PN0159 - 3 - animals).

The guidelines shall, at a minimum, include the 20170SB0069PN0050 - 3 - development of objective standards for use in determining the existence of:

Section 33. 2.

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