We Did It!!! SB5227 ~ Passed the House and will become law!
Grab An Animal, Any Animal, and Give Them A Hug!
It's time to celebrate! Last evening SSB5227 passed out of the House of Representatives 98-0! Once the Senate approves the amendment that was added in the House, the bill will be sent to Governor Gregoire for signature! After that, abandoning an animal in Washington State may get you up to a year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. That's a mighty strong incentive to do the right thing and take responsibility for the on-going care of your animal. This is the fourth animal cruelty bill that YOU have helped us pass in the past four years.
Thank you from the tip of our tails! Thank you Pasado!!!Now we need to thank a few very important members of our Washington State legislator without whom this win could not have taken place. Two very wonderful women are at the top of that list. Senator Rosemary McAuliffe mailto:mcauliffe.rosemary@leg.wa.gov really came through for us and was instrumental in getting the bill out of the Senate. This doesn't surprise us because she's always a strong supporter of animal welfare legislation.
Second, Representative Lynn Kessler who took that same role in the House of Representatives. She too is always there for us and is just an all around class act. Senator Rodney Tom prime sponsored this bill, testified in the committee hearings and was very responsive when the bill ran into trouble or was in danger of dying.
Please take a moment to send a quick thank you to these extremely intelligent and compassionate people? We want to make sure we can count on them again next year when we take on the next fight!
Senator Tom - tom.rodney@leg.wa.gov
Senator McAuliffe - mcauliffe.rosemary@leg.wa.gov
Representative Kessler - kessler.lynn@leg.wa.gov
I know many of you passed on our emails to your friends and relatives and we hope that you pass this one on as well. Their efforts paid off and will continue to pay off for the animals for a very long time.
There are lots of critters on the farm to hug so I better get started! Give yours a a big hug from us.
As always, for the animals
Ritamo
It's time to celebrate! Last evening SSB5227 passed out of the House of Representatives 98-0! Once the Senate approves the amendment that was added in the House, the bill will be sent to Governor Gregoire for signature! After that, abandoning an animal in Washington State may get you up to a year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. That's a mighty strong incentive to do the right thing and take responsibility for the on-going care of your animal. This is the fourth animal cruelty bill that YOU have helped us pass in the past four years.
Thank you from the tip of our tails! Thank you Pasado!!!Now we need to thank a few very important members of our Washington State legislator without whom this win could not have taken place. Two very wonderful women are at the top of that list. Senator Rosemary McAuliffe mailto:mcauliffe.rosemary@leg.wa.gov really came through for us and was instrumental in getting the bill out of the Senate. This doesn't surprise us because she's always a strong supporter of animal welfare legislation.
Second, Representative Lynn Kessler who took that same role in the House of Representatives. She too is always there for us and is just an all around class act. Senator Rodney Tom prime sponsored this bill, testified in the committee hearings and was very responsive when the bill ran into trouble or was in danger of dying.
Please take a moment to send a quick thank you to these extremely intelligent and compassionate people? We want to make sure we can count on them again next year when we take on the next fight!
Senator Tom - tom.rodney@leg.wa.gov
Senator McAuliffe - mcauliffe.rosemary@leg.wa.gov
Representative Kessler - kessler.lynn@leg.wa.gov
I know many of you passed on our emails to your friends and relatives and we hope that you pass this one on as well. Their efforts paid off and will continue to pay off for the animals for a very long time.
There are lots of critters on the farm to hug so I better get started! Give yours a a big hug from us.
As always, for the animals
Ritamo
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