Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral...

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The bill makes crimes committed to further transnational repression by foreign governments or terrorist groups punishable by higher penalties and requires the state to develop training and public reporting tools on the threat. It also reclassifies theft of livestock, farm equipment, grain and hay as higher‑level non‑person felonies and clarifies an animal‑cruelty exemption for people who trap feral cats for vaccination or spay/neuter. The changes aim to protect residents from foreign intimidation while strengthening property crime penalties.

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