HI HB2152

Dog owners become liable for twice the value of livestock injured or destroyed by their dogs on agricultural district land without the landowner's consent.

Any person may legally destroy a dog found actively injuring, destroying, or persistently harassing livestock on agricultural land, with no civil or criminal liability for doing so.

Dog owners who fail to confine or destroy their dog after a livestock attack, and whose dog causes further damage, face misdemeanor charges and a minimum $1,000 fine.

Livestock owners can file complaints in district court to seek court-ordered destruction of dogs that have attacked their animals, with hearings held within two to six days.

A person found liable four or more times for dog attacks on livestock qualifies as a "habitual agricultural crime perpetrator" under existing agricultural crime statutes.