South Carolina S 1100: Police Dogs and Horses

Bill Text

2025-2026 Bill 1100 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 15, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 1100

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

Committee Report

April 15, 2026

S. 1100

Introduced 
by Senators Rankin and Adams 

S. Printed 4/15/26--S.

Read the first time April 1, 2026

________

The committee on Senate 
Judiciary

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 1100) to 
amend the South Carolina Code of Laws so as to designate Article 11, Chapter 3, 
Title 47 as "teasing, maltreating, and injuring police dogs or horses 
prohibited", etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully 
considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

 Amend 
the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and 
inserting:

SECTION 1. This act may be cited as "Fargo's, Hyco's, Rico's, Coba's, Wick's, 
Mikka's, and Bumi's Law".

SECTION 
2. Article 11, Chapter 3, Title 47 of the S.C. Code 
is amended to read:

Article 11

Teasing, Maltreating, and Injuring Police Dogs or Horses Prohibited

 Section 
47-3-610. (A) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully and 
maliciously taunt, torment, tease, beat, strike, or administer or subject a 
desensitizing drug, chemical, or substance to a dog or horse used by a law 
enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties 
of the department or agency or when a dog is placed in a kennel off duty or a 
horse is placed in a stable off duty, or to interfere or meddle with a dog or 
horse used by a law enforcement department or agency in the performance of the 
functions or duties of the department or agency.

 (B) A person 
who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, 
upon conviction, must be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than 
five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

 Section 
47-3-620. (A)(1) It is unlawful for a person to wilfully orand maliciously torture, 
mutilate, injure, disable, poison, or kill a dog or horse used by a law 
enforcement department or agency in the performance of the functions or duties 
of the department or when a dog is placed in a kennel off duty or a horse is 
placed in a stable off duty. However, a police officer or veterinarian may 
perform euthanasia in emergency situations when delay would cause the dog or 
horse undue suffering and pain.

 (2) It is unlawful for a person to 
wilfully and maliciously shoot into a vehicle or trailer while a police dog or 
horse is inside or shoot and hit a police dog or horse while running in pursuit 
from a law enforcement department or agency.

 (B) A person who violates a provision 
of subsection (A)(1) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined 
not less than two thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars, and 
imprisoned for not more than fifteen years. A person who violates a provision 
of subsection (A)(2) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined 
not less than two thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars, and 
imprisoned for not more than ten years. In addition to any other penalty provided 
in this section, the court shall order a person convicted of a violation of 
this section to pay restitution to the law enforcement department or agency in 
an amount that would cover the full cost of restoring or replacing the animal 
that was injured or killed, including all related purchase, training, and 
veterinary expenses incurred as a result of the incident. 

 Section 
47-3-630. A person who violates any of the provisions of 
this article, except for Section 47-3-620, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon 
conviction, must be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one 
thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six 
months, or both. A person who violates the provisions of Section 47-3-620 is 
guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than two 
thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than 
one year nor more than five years. Nothing in this 
article may be construed to deny a person the right to assert the legal defense 
of self-defense.

 Section 47-3-640. A law enforcement officer, 
including an officer of the State Law Enforcement Division, who engages a 
police dog and the police dog bites a person, must maintain a report with a 
detailed account of the incident, which must include the injured person's race, 
gender, images of the bite, as well as the outcome of the case, all of which 
are subject to the provisions of Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of 
Information Act.

SECTION 3. The repeal or amendment by this act 
of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does n