LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A bill aimed at tackling animal cruelty in Nevada did not make it out of committee Friday.
Bill sponsor Melissa Hardy confirmed the news to FOX5. Assembly Bill 381, also known as Reba’s Law, would have broadened the definition of animal cruelty.
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“Include every act, omission or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused, allowed or permitted,” the bill read. If the act caused the death of the animal or in certain other circumstances, what is now considered a misdemeanor would be a felony.
Any bills that do not make it out of committees Friday in the Nevada legislature are essentially “dead.”
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Reba’s law was inspired by an English Bulldog that was found taped in a plastic tote bin under hot weather in July 2024. She was found and treated immediately, but sadly she did not survive.
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