S 1474 General Bill, By McConnell, Leventis and M.T. Rose
    A Bill to amend Section 47-1-40, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to cruelty to animals, ill-treatment of animals generally, and certain penalties, so as to extend application of certain provisions of the Section to all offending persons, increase the penalties, and provide that a first offense violation shall be tried in magistrate's court, to increase the penalty for a person who tortures, torments, needlessly mutilates, cruelly kills, or inflicts excessive or repeated unnecessary pain or suffering upon any animal, or causes these acts to be done, and to provide that this section does not apply to activity authorized by Title 50 (Fish, Game, and Watercraft).
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04/16/92	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
04/16/92	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-8
04/28/92	Senate	Recalled from Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-131
04/29/92	Senate	Read second time SJ-310
04/29/92	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-310
04/30/92	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-30
05/05/92	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-17
05/05/92	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-17