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 creates new felony categories for theft of livestock, farm implements, grain and hay, and raises penalties for crimes committed to further foreign‑government repression. It also requires law‑enforcement training to spot transnational repression, revises animal‑cruelty definitions with exemptions for humane practices, and adds forfeiture rules for property used in livestock theft. The changes take effect once the law is published.

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