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HB1310 - AN ACT Relating to the enforcement of animal health laws; amending
RCW 16.36.050, 16.36.010, 20.01.610, and 20.01.380; adding new sections to
chapter 16.36 RCW; recodifying RCW 16.36.092; and prescribing penalties
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/131
0.pdf_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/1310.pdf)
HB2511 - AN ACT pertaining to pet dealers; adding new chapter to TILE 18 RCW
(.""Pet dealer" means any person, business, or other entity, including pet
breeder, that sells more than twenty animals or three litters, whichever is
greater, in a twelve-month period) (Companion bill SB6408)

_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2511&year=2008_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2511&year=2008)
HB2547 - AN ACT Preventing cruelty to canines, changes definitions of care
and addresses dog fighting.
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/254
7.pdf_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2547.pdf)
HB2836 - AN ACT Relating to protecting animals from perpetrators of domestic
violence; and amending RCW 26.50.060.
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/283
6.pdf_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2836.pdf)
_HB2861 – AN ACT regarding Dangerous Dogs _
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6408&year=2008)

_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2861&year=2008_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2861&year=2008)
HB2945 - AN ACT Relating to the wrongful injury or death of a companion
animal; amending RCW 4.24.320; and adding a new section to chapter 4.24 RCW.
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/294
5.pdf_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2945.pdf)
SB6315 - AN ACT Relating to wolf-hybrids; and amending RCW 16.30.010.

_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6315&year=2008_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6315&year=2008)
SB6408 - AN ACT pertaining to pet dealers; adding new chapter to TILE 18
RCW.(Companion bill HB2511)
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6408&year=2008_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6408&year=2008)
SB6735 - AN ACT Relating to dog purchaser protection; and adding a new
section to chapter 19.86 RCW.
_http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/67
35.pdf_
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6735.pdf)
Pierce County - Tacoma - County officials want to impose tougher rules on
vicious pets, proposing a $500 annual fee for owning a dangerous animal, higher
insurance requirements and tougher penalties for violations. The proposal
would make failing to comply with some violations punishable by up to a year in
jail and a $5,000 fine
Walla-Walla - proposed changes to the city's animal code put more teeth into
the city's ability to deal with animal complaints, particularly with
aggressive dogs at large. Proposed changes prohibit wolf hybrid dogs in town,
adding some for potentially dangerous dogs gives the new code enforcement officer
greater discretion in deciding whether a dog's behaviors were aggressive or
not, based on a case-by-case basis, raising the annual license fee for all
unneutered and unspayed dogs from $20 to $35. Impound fees would go up and
owners would start paying a $20 a day boarding fee. Under the proposed new codes,
owners of potentially dangerous dogs would have to register them. Within 30
days, they would have to pay an initial registration fee of $125, microchip
the dog, spay or neuter it (if it's not already spayed or neutered), submit
two photos of the dog with its owner, get a secure enclosure with a sign
warning the dog is potentially dangerous and show proof of liability insurance for
personal injury in an amount not less than $100,000. Every year, the owner
would have to pay a $75 license fee for such dogs.