Animal Cruelty

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Animal Cruelty; Providing that failure to report suspected animal cruelty is grounds for certain disciplinary actions; requiring that a veterinarian, veterinary technician, or other animal treatment provider employee who makes a good faith report of animal cruelty to certain officials be held harmless from certain liability, disciplinary action, and retaliation; providing penalties for certain veterinarians, veterinary technicians, or animal treatment provider employees or volunteers who knowingly alter or destroy a medical record for the purpose of concealing animal cruelty, etc.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Nov 12, 2025SenateFiled
2. Dec 1, 2025CommitteeReferred to Regulated Industries; Criminal Justice; Rules · Senate Regulated Industries
3. Jan 13, 2026SenateIntroduced
4. Feb 5, 2026CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Regulated Industries
5. Feb 10, 2026CommitteeFavorable by Regulated Industries; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Regulated Industries9–0 vote
6. Feb 10, 2026CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice · Senate Criminal Justice
7. Mar 13, 2026CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice · Senate Criminal Justice

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• Tom A. WrightR Primary sponsor · District 8