A bill to regulate certain dogs was passed by the Florida Senate this week and is now awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature.
The "Dangerous Dogs" bill, CS/HB 593, would require owners of dogs deemed dangerous to have liability insurance and put microchips in the animals.
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WATCH HEREThe bill is also known as the "Pam Rock Act." Rock was a 61-year-old mail carrier who was mauled by five dogs that got out of a fenced-in yard after her truck broke down on a dirt road in Putnam County back in 2022.
The bill provides a definition of dangerous dogs, based on issues such as whether they have attacked people.
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The bill would require owners of such dogs to maintain liability insurance of $100,000 and have microchips that can be used to find them.
