The family of Michael Millett, the little boy killed by dogs in Volusia County earlier this year, spoke in support of a dangerous dog bill Wednesday in Tallahassee. “Absolutely nothing will bring Michael back to us, and no one should ever to go through that,” said the 8-year-old’s father, Michael Millett Jr. He was speaking in support of House Bill 593 when it was before the Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Wednesday. “We’re just here to show our support for this bill because this bill will help make necessary changes to see that nothing like this ever happens again,” Millett said. They had the support of Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood with them there as well. “Michael’s death is senseless, it’s absolutely senseless,” Chitwood said. The bill’s sponsor, Judson Sapp, said he has had a personal experience with dangerous dogs. He said that the bill creates accountability for their owners.”It does this by letting us see who owns the dog that is mauling and killing children. It allows us to put down the dog if it has killed a human being,” Sapp said.According to the bill text, if a dog has previously been declared dangerous and causes death or severe injury to a person again, the owner could face felony charges. The bill was amended Wednesday to require dangerous dogs to be microchipped with owner information and to say it has been labeled dangerous rather than having a state-wide registry of dangerous dogs. Family members of Pam Rock, a mail carrier who was killed after being attacked by dogs in 2022, gave the bill their support. “She was bitten by dogs that had been put somebody in the hospital six months before that,” Rock’s brother, Daniel Rock, said. “But they didn’t have a law in effect that would ensure that the dog that bit six months before would be registered.”The bill’s sponsor was emotional before closing for a vote. “This is an important bill. We have a chance to do something important… so… sometimes we wish we were better at our jobs so that we could do justice,” Sapp said. The bill unanimously received a favorable report from the committee.
The family of Michael Millett, the little boy killed by dogs in Volusia County earlier this year, spoke in support of a dangerous dog bill Wednesday in Tallahassee.
“Absolutely nothing will bring Michael back to us, and no one should ever to go through that,” said the 8-year-old’s father, Michael Millett Jr.
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He was speaking in support of House Bill 593 when it was before the Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Wednesday.
“We’re just here to show our support for this bill because this bill will help make necessary changes to see that nothing like this ever happens again,” Millett said.
They had the support of Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood with them there as well.
“Michael’s death is senseless, it’s absolutely senseless,” Chitwood said.
The bill’s sponsor, Judson Sapp, said he has had a personal experience with dangerous dogs. He said that the bill creates accountability for their owners.
“It does this by letting us see who owns the dog that is mauling and killing children. It allows us to put down the dog if it has killed a human being,” Sapp said.
According to the bill text, if a dog has previously been declared dangerous and causes death or severe injury to a person again, the owner could face felony charges.
The bill was amended Wednesday to require dangerous dogs to be microchipped with owner information and to say it has been labeled dangerous rather than having a state-wide registry of dangerous dogs.
Family members of Pam Rock, a mail carrier who was killed after being attacked by dogs in 2022, gave the bill their support.
“She was bitten by dogs that had been put somebody in the hospital six months before that,” Rock’s brother, Daniel Rock, said. “But they didn’t have a law in effect that would ensure that the dog that bit six months before would be registered.”
The bill’s sponsor was emotional before closing for a vote.
“This is an important bill. We have a chance to do something important… so… sometimes we wish we were better at our jobs so that we could do justice,” Sapp said.
The bill unanimously received a favorable report from the committee.
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