Alabama Passes Beau's Law for Dog Welfare

0:00It's April 9th, from your city to your ears. This is Birmingham News Today, powered by AI. Alabama's house just Green Live Bo's Law, or Senate Bill 361, aiming to crack down on how folks treat tethered dogs. Owners now got a hook-up proper shelter, fresh water, food, and basic care, or risk losing their pups and catching misdemeanor charges. Debate dragged on for over an hour and a half Wednesday, with amendments sharpening definitions, like what counts as a commercial breeder and a reel. In closure with walls and a solid floor, it squeaked through 69 to 23. Red Phillip Ensler, for Montgomery, who championed the bill in the house, fought hard against an amendment that had demand a warrant even if a dog's. Clearly suffering. He warned straight up that dogs could die waiting on that red tape, calling it an extreme hurdle. Enslisted firm that regular food and water drops count as adequate, keeping the bill's heart intact without watering it down. Now it heads to the Senate, carried by President Pro Tem Garland-Gudger from Coleman, with

1:04just one session day left. If they sign off on the tweaks, it'll hit the book's October 1st, pushing for real humane treatment across the state.