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| AL |
SB 159 |
Creates a comprehensive emergency management plan for the evacuation and sheltering of household pets and service animals. |
Support |
Died |
State Officials |
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States with animals in disaster laws, as of January 2010:
California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin
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| US |
S3424 / HR 5434 (PUPS Act) |
Revises the Animal Welfare Act to allow federal oversight of large, commercial breeders who sell puppies directly to the public; sets forth standards of care and a licensing program for dog breeders. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| CT |
HB 5118 |
Removes the requirement that Certificates of Origin for dogs sold by Pet Shop Licensees be filed with the Department of Agriculture.
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Oppose |
Died |
State Officials
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| IL |
HB 5771 |
Creates a licensing program for dog breeders. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials
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| IL |
HB 5772 / SB 3633 |
Sets forth disclosure requirements for any dog or cat made available for adoption or sale by an animal shelter, animal control facility, or pet shop operator. |
Support |
Passed |
State Officials |
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| IN |
HB 1258 |
Requires pet stores to provide information to customers about the animal's history. |
Support |
Passed House |
State Officials |
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| IA |
HF 2280 / SF 2233 |
Establishes commercial dog and cat breeder regulations; allows for state inspections. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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| ME |
LD 1598 |
Acts to strengthen the laws against illegal puppy mill operators; makes it a felony crime to commit cruelty to animals if there are 25 or more animals involved. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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| MD |
SB 505 |
Prohibits the sale of puppies at pet stores. |
Support |
Failed |
State Officials |
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| MN |
SF 7 /
HF 253 |
Provides standards of care for dog and cat breeders. |
Support |
Died |
State Officials |
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| MO |
HB 1921 |
Establishes the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act and requires humane standards at puppy mills and limits the number of intact dogs a person can have to 50. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| NH |
HB 1624 |
Establishes standards of care and treatment of dogs by breeders and limits the number of dogs a breeder can maintain to 50.
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Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| NC |
SB 460 /
HB 733 |
Establishes commercial dog breeder regulations. |
Support |
Held over |
State Officials |
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| OH |
HB 70 |
Specifically prohibits cruel treatment of a companion animal by an owner of a kennel, including cruelty and depriving the animal of food, water or shelter; makes it a felony of the fifth degree.
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Support |
Passed House |
State Officials |
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| US |
HR 503 / S727
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Prohibits certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption.
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Support |
Pending
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House
Senate
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| CA |
SJR 22 |
Urges Congress to enact federal legislation to prevent American horses from being slaughtered for human consumption. |
Support |
Passed Senate |
House
Senate
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| ID |
SB 1316 |
Excludes the slaughter of horses from animal cruelty laws.
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Oppose |
Signed into Law |
House
Senate
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| IL |
HB 4812 |
Repeals the state ban on the slaughter of horses.
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Oppose |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| MO |
HB 1747
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Allows horse slaughter plants and the sale of horse meat for human consumption in Missouri.
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Oppose |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| NY |
S 3178 / A 3736
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Prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
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Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| TN |
HB 1428 |
Requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a system to license horse slaughter facilities; requires plaintiffs challenging the establishment of a horse slaughter plant to file surety bonds; authorizes attorney fees; requires losing plaintiffs to pay for financial losses of the plant.
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Oppose |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| AZ |
SB 1085 |
Include pets in protection orders in cases of domestic abuse. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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| CO |
SB 80 |
Allows courts to include protections for animals in civil protection orders. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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| DE |
HB 77 |
Clarifies existing law to make clear that courts may order that a petitioner be given possession of a family pet via a protective order in cases of domestic violence. |
Support |
Passed House |
State Officials |
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| GA |
HB 429 |
Allows a judge to include protections for pets in protective orders in cases of family violence. |
Support |
On Governor's Desk |
State Officials |
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| MA |
HB 1319 / HB 1499 |
Includes pets in domestic abuse protection orders. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| MN |
SF 2437 / HF 2608 |
Allows for the inclusion of pets in domestic violence protection orders. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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| NJ |
A 1857 / S 986 |
Requires courts to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| NJ |
A 1633 |
Permits court to include animals in domestic violence restraining orders. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| OH |
HB 55 |
Revises penalties and sentencing provisions regarding violations of the cruelty to animals statutes and includes protection of companion animals in temporary protection orders. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| SC |
HB 3117 |
Allows the court to prohibit harm to an animal owned by the petitioner; allows the court to order temporary possession of pets. |
Support |
Pending |
State Officials |
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| VA |
HB 285 |
Allows the court to include companion animals in protection orders in cases of domestic abuse. |
Support |
Held Over |
State Officials |
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| WV |
SB 490 / HB 4471 |
Allows courts to include protections for animals in protective orders in cases of domestic violence. |
Support |
Signed into Law |
State Officials |
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States with pets in protective order laws, as of January 2010:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington
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| CA |
AB 2012 |
Increases fines and possible jail time for those convicted of felony animal neglect. |
Support |
Passed Assembly |
State Officials |
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| CA |
AB 2743 |
Makes it a civil code violation for landlords to require tenants to devocalize ("debark") or declaw their animals as a condition of tenancy.
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Support |
Passed Assembly |
State Officials |
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UAN is not tracking the bills listed below, but you can use this list to see if your state has any animal-cruelty legislation pending this year.
View previous legislation:
2009
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- US: HR 5092 (Sponsors: Blumenauer, Gallegly, Moran): Prohibits the distribution and sale of animal "crush" videos, in which living animals are intentionally crushed, burned, drowned, or impaled.
- US: HR 4639 (Sponsor: Jones): Authorizes the adoption of a military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously wounded member of the Armed Forces who was the handler of the dog.
- Alaska : HB 138 / SB 214 (Sponsors: Gatto, Wielechowski): Makes it a felony on the first offense to torture or poison an animal.
- Arizona: SB 1125 (Sponsor: Melvin): Makes it illegal to sell animals to the public on a highway, street, or park in certain counties.
- Delaware: HB 2 (Sponsor: Miro): Increases the penalties for animal fighting, baiting, and attendance at an animal fight from a class F felony to a class E felony; increases the penalties for being present where an exhibition of fighting and/or baiting is being prepared and knowing that the exhibition is about to take place from a class G felony to a class F felony; allows a court to order mandatory counseling and/or psychological treatment.
- Hawaii: HB 1281 (Sponsor: Brower): Makes it a class C felony to intentionally or knowingly kill a cat or dog for the purpose of human consumption or to consume any part of a cat or dog.
- Hawaii: SB 763 / HB 730 (Sponsors: Oakland, Mizuno): Repeals existing dog fighting law and enacts a more comprehensive law.
- Idaho: SB 1317 (Sponsor: Corder): Increases penalties for animal cruelty; adds a definition of neglect and torture; makes cockfighting a felony.
- Louisiana: SB 73 (Sponsor: Heitmeier): Prohibits the use of gas chambers as a form of euthanasia.
- Maryland: SB 21 / HB 265 (Sponsor: Robey, Waldstreicher): Increases the penalties for misdemeanor animal cruelty; allows courts to prohibit people convicted of animal cruelty from owning animals in the future.
- Massachusetts: HB 1303 (Sponsor: Callahan): Adds the failure to provide necessary veterinary care to the definition of cruelty.
- Massachusetts: HB 1466 (Sponsor: Kafka): Prohibits the creation, sale, rental, or leasing, or any dog fighting paraphernalia.
- Michigan: SB 1122 (Sponsor: Barcia): Requires person convicted of animal cruelty to pay the costs of care for the animal; requires the defendant to forfeit ownership of the animal involved in the case; establishes specific time periods for which someone convicted of animal cruelty cannot own another animal.
- Michigan: HB 5655, 5656, 5688 (Sponsors: Espinoza, Johnson): Allows the forfeiture of real property used in the commission of animal fighting; includes animal fighting as predicate offense in the racketeering statute
- Minnesota: SF 2990 (Sponsor: Dibble): Prohibits intentionally rendering a service dog unable to perform his duties; prohibits the possession of animal fighting devices or substances.
- Mississippi: SB 3085 (Sponsor: Dearing): Creates the crime of aggravated cruelty to animals and establishes felony penalties.
- Missouri: HB 1689 (Sponsor: LeVota): Prohibits any person from possessing dog fighting paraphernalia and adds a penalty for a second or subsequent offense for persons committing acts related to dog fighting.
- Missouri: SB 664 (Sponsor: Rupp): Increases the penalty for being a spectator at a dog fighting event from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony for a second or subsequent offense.
- Nebraska: LB 252 (Sponsor: Cornett): Prohibits possession of animal fighting paraphernalia.
- New Hampshire: SB 365 (Sponsor: Roberge): Requires animals in shelters to be spayed or neutered before adoption.
- New Jersey: A 822 / S 1194 (Sponsors: Albano, Drew): Increases penalties for organizing, gambling, providing a premises and possessing animals for animal fights.
- New Jersey: A 969 (Sponsor: Johnson): Major restructuring and reform of the animal cruelty code, increases various penalties related to animal cruelty.
- New Jersey: A 1083 / S 1182 (Sponsors:Gusciora, Van Drew): Clarifies failure to provide minimum care to an animal constitutes animal cruelty.
- New Mexico: HB 199 (Sponsor: King): Includes cruelty to animals in the Family Violence Protection Act.
- Pennsylvania: HB 1411 / SB 843 (Sponsors: Brown, DePasquale): Bans the use of trap-released or tethered animals for targets.
- Pennsylvania: HB 613 (Sponsor: Kortz): Prohibits euthanasia by carbon monoxide gas chambers and firearms.
- Rhode Island: HB 5372 / SB 454 (Sponsors: Pollard, Tassoni, Jr., Lynch): Includes willfully, intentionally, maliciously, recklessly, and/or knowingly as standards for animal cruelty.
- Tennessee: SB 1322 / HB 1438 (Sponsors: Berke, Sontany): Creates Class B fine only offenses of selling live animals on public streets, parks and for business to offer live animal as prize or for promotional purposes; places safeguards on sale of animals at flea markets.
- Tennessee: SB 537 / HB 627 (Sponsors: Ketron, Maggart): Increases penalty for spectators at animal fight to Class A misdemeanor from Class B misdemeanor for dog fights and Class C misdemeanor for other animal fights.
- Tennessee : SB 3676 (Sponsor: Burchett): Changes the felony penalty for cruelty to animals from a second offense to a first offense if the animal suffers serious bodily injury or death.
- Tennessee : SB 3546 / HB 3386 (Sponsor: Ketron, Sontany): Changes the aggravated cruelty to animals law from covering just companion animals to all animals.
- Virginia: H.B. 281 (Sponsor: Albo): Increases the penalty for the animal cruelty resulting from an owner's failure to provide adequate food, water, shelter and veterinary care from a Class 4 to a Class 2 misdemeanor. Increases the penalty for the animal cruelty resulting from an owner's failure to provide adequate space, exercise, care, treatment and transportation from a Class 4 to a Class 3 misdemeanor. Increases the civil penalty for failure to sterilize a dog or cat adopted from a releasing agency from $50 to $250.
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