Modifies provisions relating to the offense of keeping a dangerous dog

This bill changes the crime of keeping a dangerous dog. It removes the requirement that a dog must have previously bitten someone and then bite someone again to be considered dangerous. Now, a dog is considered dangerous if it has bitten a person or domestic animal without being provoked. The bill also increases the penalties for this crime, making it a felony if the attack causes serious injury or death. It also requires that a dog be seized and destroyed if it bites someone after a previous unprovoked bite, or if it causes serious injury or death in its first attack. However, if the person bitten was engaged in criminal activity, the dog's owner would not be held responsible, and the dog would not be destroyed.

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