TO: | Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB916 by Menendez (Relating to the prosecution and punishment of dog fighting.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Penal Code relating to the offense of dog fighting to: 1) increase the punishment of causing a dog to fight with another dog from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony and 2) increase the punishment of attending as a spectator an exhibition of dog fighting from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor.
A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for any term of not more than two years or less than 180 days, or, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, TM
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