Introduced by Rep. Robert Kosowski D-Westland on April 21, 2015
To authorize courts to issue a personal protection order against a former spouse or boyfriend who threatens, harms or tries to take an animal in which the petitioner has an ownership interest, or who interferes with the petitioner's efforts to remove the animal from premises the premises of the individual to be restrained. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Criminal Justice Committee on April 21, 2015
Reported in the House on June 9, 2015
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered by Rep. Kurt Heise R-Plymouth on October 14, 2015
To establish that the bill goes into effect 90 days after enactment.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on October 14, 2015
Amendment offered by Rep. Harvey Santana D-Detroit on October 14, 2015
To clarify that the bill applies to any "companion animal," and not just dogs and cats.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on October 14, 2015