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Representative Carson Smith(R)
Representative Allen McNeill(R)
Representative Julia C. Howard(R)
Representative Jerry Carter(R)
Representative Allison A. Dahle(D)
Representative Susan C. Fisher(D)
Representative Dudley Greene(R)
Representative Pricey Harrison(D)
Representative Chris Humphrey(R)
Representative Phil Shepard(R)
Representative Harry Warren(R)
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-05-12Passed 1st ReadingSenate | 2021-05-12Regular Message Received From HouseSenate | 2021-05-12Regular Message Sent To SenateHouse | 2021-05-12Passed 3rd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-11Passed 2nd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-11Added to CalendarHouse | 2021-05-11Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2021-05-11Reptd FavHouse | 2021-05-11Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-05-11Reptd Fav Com SubstituteHouse | 2021-05-11Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-04-14Passed 1st ReadingHouse | 2021-04-14FiledHouse | 2021-04-13
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14 (Chapters); 14-362
14-362.1
14-362.2 (Sections)
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H544: Revise Animal Fighting Laws. Latest Version
Session: 2021 - 2022
AN ACT to criminalize the act of causing a person under EIGHTEEN years of age to be present at an exhibition featuring animal fighting.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14‑362 reads as rewritten:
§ 14‑362. Cockfighting.
A person who instigates, promotes, conducts, is employed at, allows property under his ownership or control to be used for, participates as a spectator at, causes a person under 18 years of age to be present at, or profits from from, an exhibition featuring the fighting of a cock is guilty of a Class I felony. A lease of property that is used or is intended to be used for an exhibition featuring the fighting of a cock is void, and a lessor who knows this use is made or is intended to be made of his property is under a duty to evict the lessee immediately.
SECTION 2. G.S. 14‑362.1 reads as rewritten:
§ 14‑362.1. Animal fights and baiting, other than cock fights, dog fights and dog baiting.
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(c) A person who participates as a spectator at at, or causes a person under 18 years of age to be present at, an exhibition featuring the fighting or baiting of an animal, other than a cock or a dog, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
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SECTION 3. G.S. 14‑362.2 reads as rewritten:
§ 14‑362.2. Dog fighting and baiting.
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(c) A person who participates as a spectator at at, or causes a person under 18 years of age to be present at, an exhibition featuring the baiting of a dog or the fighting of a dog with another dog or with another animal is guilty of a Class H felony.
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SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2021, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.