Throughout 2013, Hilling actively
campaigned on dangerous dogs, following the death of 14 - year - old constituent Jade Lomas - Anderson, in Atherton.
More significantly, after pit bull advocates won legislation in 19 states prohibiting the passage of breed - specific local
dangerous dog ordinances, victim advocates have mobilized
on campaign budgets of nothing to stop the passage of similar laws in at least six other states, as well as defeating aggressive efforts to repeal pit bull bans by ballot initiative in Miami in 2012 and Aurora, Colorado in 2014, winning the 2016 passage of a pit bull ban in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and obtaining the introduction of a proposed pit bull ban throughout Quebec province.