A bill to amend 1988 PA 426, entitled “An act to regulate dangerous animals; to provide for the confinement, identification, or destruction of dangerous animals; and to provide penalties for the owners or keepers of dangerous animals that attack human beings,” by amending the title and sections 1, 2, and 3 (MCL 287.321, 287.322, and 287.323), the title and section 2 as amended by 2022 PA 121, and by adding sections 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 3a, and 3b.
SB 683 expands regulations on dangerous animals to include potentially dangerous and dangerous dogs, imposes strict requirements and penalties on owners, mandates registration and insurance, and allows local governments to enact similar ordinances. SB 684 creates a new felony for "failure to comply with provisions regarding potentially dangerous dogs or dangerous dogs" with a 4-year maximum prison sentence.
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture
