SB 3010: ANIMAL ENDANGERMENT; PET ANIMALS; UNATTENDED VEHICLES; CONFINEMENT; RESCUE; IMMUNITY

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: Senate
Latest Version Date: 2026-03-23

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-24: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Allows law enforcement officers, animal control officers, and firefighters to enter an unattended vehicle to protect the health, safety, or well-being of a pet animal that is endangered by being left or confined in an unattended vehicle. Allows private citizens to rescue a pet animal that has been left in an unattended vehicle under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Discussed in Hearing