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Senate Bill 279 |
Senate Author: Davis |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Laubenberg et al. |
Senate Bill 279 amends the Family Code to authorize a court, in a protective order, to prohibit a party from removing a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal from the possession of a person named in the order and also to prohibit a person found to have committed family violence from harming, threatening, or interfering with the care, custody, or control of such a pet or animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order or by a member of the family or household of a person protected by the order.
Senate Bill 279 amends the Penal Code to make it an offense for a person, in violation of a protective order, to knowingly or intentionally harm, threaten, or interfere with the care, custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order.