Amended Substitute House Bill 24 Summary

• Humane Society Agent Requirements: Establishes mandatory 20-hour training requirement for humane society agents on animal cruelty investigation and prosecution, including traditional animal husbandry practices; training must be approved by the peace officer training commission.

• Humane Society Agent Accountability: Creates formal appointment approval process through mayors or probate judges; allows revocation of appointments for just cause through probate court proceedings; requires annual enforcement activity reporting to county sheriffs.

• Animal Euthanasia Standards: Permits only specific drug combinations (pentobarbital with non-controlled substances) for lethal injection euthanasia by certified technicians; requires 16-hour euthanasia technician certification courses and pre-euthanasia sedation protocols.

• Chemical Capture Authority: Establishes "certified officer" designation for animal control personnel to use anesthetic drugs for chemical capture of companion animals; requires state board of pharmacy and veterinary medical licensing board to adopt implementing rules within two years.

• Bribery Law Expansion: Makes humane society agents subject to state bribery statutes (section 2921.02), treating them as public servants for purposes of corruption and bribery laws.