LANSING (AP) -- A bill introduced in the Michigan House to regulate and eventually ban ownership of pit bulls in the state seems to be stuck.
The measure was introduced this week by Democratic Representative Timothy Bledsoe of Grosse Pointe but appears unlikely to advance.
The bill would ban the breeding of pit bulls a year after the law took effect. People owning pit bulls would have to have them sterilized within four years of the law's effective date. The dogs would be banned 10 years after the law's effective date.
Violators would face misdemeanors punishable by up to 93 days in jail.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Regulatory Reform Committee chairman Representative Hugh Crawford of Novi doesn't plan to move on the bill in his committee, where it was assigned.
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