RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

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Exempts predator control and trapping for the purpose of protecting property or native biodiversity from the offense of cruelty to animals in the first degree.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 20, 2026
Last action: Jan 20, 2026 — Prefiled.
Session: 2026
Momentum: 45 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 4%, measured from HI's completed sessions
Momentum -1 45/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 268 days quiet

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