Issue Position: Animal Cruelty

Issue Position

Animal cruelty has progressively become a great issue of concern in this state. I took on the fight to bring Iowa up from the bottom of the national rankings on animal abuse laws. As the floor manager leading the charge, the Senate passed a bill that establishes animal cruelty on the first offense as an aggravated misdemeanor with a sentence of one-to-three years of supervision and counseling. I am proud to have played a role in updating our laws for better treatment of animals, while also protecting the integrity of our agriculture and livestock industry.

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