Health & Fitness

Stone Withdraws Anti-Bestiality Bill

Despite teasing from colleagues about the bill's language, Stone says current law may already apply.

 

An anti-bestiality bill sponsored by Sen. Norman Stone has been withdrawn nearly a week after it was first introduced.

Stone, the longest currently serving state senator, said Thursday that he is withdrawing the bill, in part, "because of graphic language" in the bill.

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Every bill contains language describing what actions would be considered illegal. In this case, the subject matter may have proved too much for Senate decorum.

You probably couldn't get the language into a story on a family news site, either.

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The bill would have made it a felony to commit certain acts with animals and imposed a sentence of up to 10 years in jail and or up to a $1,000 fine if convicted.

Some of Stone's colleagues teased him with a threat to make him stand up and explain the bill if it came to a vote of the full Senate.

The Dundalk Democrat said Wednesday that he filed the bill last week at the request of a constituent. Upon further reflection, he thinks that current state law probably covers it.


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