What has the Senate passed by crossover?

Here are some of the more interesting bills that made it past the upper chamber before the deadline to be considered by the House:

S.B. 138: Ban hallucinogenic herb Salvia divinorum

S.B. 1062: Allow judges to include custody of pets in a domestic protective order

S.B. 1018: Prohibit stores on the Outer Banks from using plastic bags

S.B. 11: Allow district attorneys and assistant D.A.'s to carry concealed weapons in courthouses

S.B. 307: Regulate venomous or constricting pet snakes

S.B. 167: Ban cell phones and tobacco in state prisons

More after the jump.

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The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would allow judges to include custody of a pet in a domestic protective order.

Those orders are issued after a victim of domestic violence asks for protection from his or her alleged attacker. The orders currently let judges, among other steps, order the alleged attacker to refrain from harrassing the victim, determine custody of children during the order and award possession of a home during the order.

The bill, approved 45 to 2, allows the judge also to determine whether the victim gets to keep the family pet during the order. The judge also could order the alleged attacker to refrain from any acts of cruelty toward the pet.