HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1629        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1309

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to damages for the malicous injury to pets..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 140 of the General laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 174D the following section:-

Section 174E.  In suits for damages for malicious injury or the killing of a pet, such damages may include emotional distress and loss of companionship.