Preventing cruelty to animals.

 S-0545.1

SENATE BILL 5376

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Chapman, Lovick, Stanford, Orwall, MacEwen, Liias, Bateman, Krishnadasan, Lovelett, Nobles, and Valdez

Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals; amending RCW 16.52.011 , 16.52.085 , 16.52.100 , 16.52.117 , 16.52.200 , and 16.52.207 ; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515 ; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 16.52.011 and 2020 c 158 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Principles of liability as defined in chapter 9A.08 RCW apply to this chapter.