MS SB2763

Amends Section 97-41-11 of the Mississippi Code to clarify cockfighting prohibitions and separate them from general animal fighting laws.

Makes it unlawful to organize or conduct any commercial or private cockfight involving domestic or feral chickens intended or reasonably foreseeable to result in injury, maiming, mutilation, or death.

Prohibits possessing, training, purchasing, or selling chickens with intent for them to be engaged in unlawful cockfights.

First offense of cockfighting violations: fine up to $1,000, imprisonment up to 6 months, or both; second or subsequent offense: fine of $1,000-$5,000 and imprisonment of 1-3 years in Department of Corrections, or both.

Makes it unlawful to attend a cockfight, wager on a cockfight, or pay admission to view or wager on a cockfight, with penalties of up to $1,000 fine and/or 6 months imprisonment.

Effective July 1, 2017.