Illinois Senate Bill 1709 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator may offer for sale a dog or cat only if the dog or cat is obtained from an animal control facility or animal shelter. Provides that an animal control facility or animal shelter that supplies dogs or cats to pet shop operators to be offered for sale shall not be a dog breeder or a cat breeder or obtain dogs or cats from a dog breeder, a cat breeder, a person who resells dogs or cats from a breeder, or a person who sells dogs or cats at auction in exchange for payment or compensation. Defines the term "offer for sale" and modifies the definitions of "pet shop operator" and "animal shelter". Effective 180 days after becoming law.

ANIMAL WELFARE-PET SHOPS

Sen. Cristina Castro [D]

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-03-25	Senate	Postponed - Agriculture
2021-03-23	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
2021-03-19	Senate	Postponed - Agriculture
2021-03-09	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Cristina Castro

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
225	605	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	605	20	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	605	20.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	605	3.15	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	605	3.8	Amended Code	Citation Text
225	605	3.9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1709&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1709.htm