2025 bills / S.B. 176
S.B. 176 Dog Injuries Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- raises the maximum award from $50,000 to $75,000 in arbitration and at trial for a bodily injury claim in a dog attack case, not including certain costs
- provides that a claimant in arbitration or plaintiff at trial may maintain a wrongful death claim in a dog attack case
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/5/2025 4:12 PMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 3 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: Senate vote, which failed · 2/5/2025 5:01 PMWho voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/10/2025 4:30 PMWho voted how
- 5 yes, 3 no, 1 absentSenate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · 2/10/2025 4:34 PMWho voted how