In this photo provided by the Kansas House of Representatives, Oz, a Wichita, Kan., police dog, sits on a leash from his handler, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Brooks, during a Senate committee hearing on a bill to increase the state's penalties for killing a police dog or horse, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Brooks' former K-9 partner, Bane, was strangled to death by a domestic violence suspect, and Brooks had a hand in drafting the bill. (Carrie Rahfaldt/Kansas House of Representatives via AP)
Kansas state Sens. Dennis Pyle, left, R-Hiawatha; Mark Steffen, center, R-Hutchinson, and Alicia Straub, right, R-Ellinwood, confer during a break in the Senate's session, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Lawmakers have approved a bill to increase the penalties for killing police dogs, and Steffen and Straub support it, while Pyle opposes it. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, turns to talk to colleagues following a House vote on legislation to increase the state's penalties for killing police dogs and horses, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Hawkins pushed for the bill and it has passed and gone to Gov. Laura Kelly. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
In this photo provided by the Kansas House of Representatives, Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Wichita, poses on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, with law enforcement officers from the Wichita area and Oz, a Wichita police dog, in the House chamber in Topeka, Kan. Oz's handler, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Tyler Brooks, appears left of the dog, while Hawkins appears to the dog's right. The photo behind the group is of Brooks' former K-9 partner, Bane, who was strangled to death by a domestic violence suspect. Brooks had a hand in drafting a bill to increase the penalties for killing police dogs. (Carrie Rahfaldt/Kansas House of Representatives via AP)