AN ACT relating to animal care.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 525 to define terms; require peace officers and animal control officers to serve notice of seizure of an animal subjected to cruelty; create procedure for seizing agencies to petition a court to order owner to pay cost of care for a seized animal; establish penalties; amend KRS 258.215 to require owners to be responsible for cost of care of an impounded animal; repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to…

Introduced: February 11, 2025

Last action: February 13, 2025

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This bill updates Kentucky's animal cruelty and control laws in two main ways. It creates a process allowing agencies that seize animals due to cruelty to ask a court to require the owner to cover the cost of the animal's care, and it also reshapes the Animal Control Advisory Board by adjusting how members are appointed and adding seats for representatives focused on spay and neuter advocacy and nonprofit animal organizations. Who it may affect: animal owners, animal control officers, peace officers, and organizations involved in animal welfare and spay/neuter advocacy.

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