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A Colorado non-profit organization advocating for animals in the political arena |
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A Colorado non-profit organization advocating for animals in the political arena |
| Bill or Resolution # |
Description | Governor's Action | PVA Position |
| HB00-1330 | Strengthens the state's cruelty statute by adding possible sentences of 60 days for a first offense and 1 year for a second or subsequent offense for persons convicted of intentional animal cruelty; requires psychological evaluations of defendants. The original bill required mandatory sentencing but was weakened by the Senate Agriculture Committee. | Signed the bill into law 06/01/00 |
Support |
| HB00-1364 | Establishes a state entity (the Pet Overpopulation Control Authority) to formulate an education program on the importance of spaying and neutering and to "develop, adopt, and implement a process to work with local veterinarians, communities, and other interested persons to increase spaying and neutering of cats and dogs"; provides for special license plates as one source of funding for the program. | Vetoed the bill 05/26/00 |
Support |
| HB00-1286 | Among other things, eliminates a $20,000.00 limit on the amount that counties can spend to "control" coyotes and other "injurious predatory animals". | Signed the bill into law 05/30/00 |
Oppose |
| Score: | 33% (1/3) |
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