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HI HB363

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Luke Evslin

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Extends owner liability to cat owners (in addition to dog owners) for damage caused when their pet injures or destroys property, livestock, or other animals on private property without the owner's consent

  • Authorizes counties to enact ordinances regulating owners of dogs or cats that have harmed animals belonging to others, threatened or endangered species, or animals protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

  • Makes pet owners liable when their dog or cat takes, injures, or destroys native birds or their nests on state lands under DLNR jurisdiction

  • Prohibits releasing, feeding, watering, or caring for unrestrained predators (including feral cats, dogs, mongooses, and rodents) on state lands, with administrative fines of $100 for first violation, $500 for second, and $1,000 for third or subsequent violations

  • Exempts hunters using dogs during lawful hunting and individuals participating in permitted predator removal programs from the prohibition on caring for unrestrained predators on state lands

Legislative Description

Relating To Animals.

Prohibition

Last Action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Water & Land1/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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