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SB 591

North Carolina Senate bill in Session 2025.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 26, 2025.

Revise Animal Fighting Laws.

Bill ID NC-2025-SB-591
Session 2025
Status in_committee
Committee Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate in_committee 2025-03-26
Summary

Amends GS 14-362 (Cockfighting) to make allowing or bringing a minor to a cockfight a Class H felony and changes the punishment for other offenses under the statute from a Class I to a Class H felony. Adds new subsection (b), which makes knowingly owning, possessing, training, buying or selling, offering to sell or buy, or transporting a gamecock for fighting another cock or animal a felony offense, punishable as a Class H felony.

Sponsor
Paul A. Lowe, Jr.
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-03-25 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-03-26 Status in_committee
2025-03-26 Latest Action Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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