U.S. Jurisdictions With and Without Felony Animal Cruelty Provisions

­Jurisdictions With Felony Animal Abuse Provisions
(Year First Enacted)

1. Alabama (2000)
2. Alaska (2008)
3. Arizona (1999)
4. Arkansas (2009)
5. California (1988)
6. Colorado (2002)
7. Connecticut (1996)
8. Delaware (1994)
9. Florida (1989)
10. Georgia (2000)
11. Hawaii (2007)
12. Idaho (2012)
    
13. Illinois (1999)
14. Indiana (1998)
15. Iowa (2000)
16. Kansas (2006)
17. Kentucky (2003)
18. Louisiana (1995)
19. Maine (1999)
20. Maryland (2001)
21. Massachusetts (1804)
22. Michigan (1994)
23. Minnesota (2001)
24. Mississippi (2011)
25. Missouri (1994)
26. Montana (1993)
27. Nebraska (2002)
28. Nevada (1999)
29. New Hampshire (1994)
30. New Jersey (2001)
31. New Mexico (1999)
32. New York (1999)
33. North Carolina (1998)
34. Ohio (2003)
35. Oklahoma (1887)
36. Oregon (1995)
37. Pennsylvania (1995)
38. Rhode Island (1896)
39. South Carolina (2000)
40. Tennessee (2002)
41. Texas (1997)
42. Utah (2008)
43. Vermont (1998)
44. Virginia (1999)
45. Washington (1994)
46. West Virginia (2003)
47. Wisconsin (1986)
48. Wyoming (2003)
    

Territories, Districts & Possessions:

District of Columbia (2001)
Guam (2011)
Puerto Rico (2004)
Virgin Islands (2005)

Jurisdictions Without Felony Animal Abuse Provisions

1. North Dakota
2. South Dakota
   

Territories, Districts & Possessions:

American Samoa
Northern Marianas

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