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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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S.B. 70: Natural Disaster Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill amends provisions related to a natural disaster.

  • Requires a county, city, or town emergency operations plan to designate at least one emergency shelter in the county, city, or town, or a nearby county, city, or town, to accommodate an individual and an individual's household pet during an emergency subject to rules and guidelines established in the emergency operations plan
  • Amends the offense of aggravated cruelty to an animal to include restraining a personal animal outside during a natural disaster
  • Makes technical and conforming changes

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Emergency Management · Animals · Crimes · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Animal Health

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senateto standing committeeNatural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
  3. · SenateSenate Comm - Recommends Returned to RulesNatural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
  4. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Fiscal note

The Legislative Fiscal Analyst's note on 1st Sub. S.B. 70 (Green) found no material cost or revenue effect for the state, local governments or businesses.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Jen Plumb

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.