Bill Text: IL HB4590 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may (rather than shall) waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-20 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper [HB4590 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4590-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing
Section 3.3 as follows:
(225 ILCS 605/3.3)
Sec. 3.3. Adoption of dogs and cats.
(a) An animal shelter or animal control facility shall not
adopt out any dog or adopt out or return to field any cat
unless it has been sterilized and microchipped. However, an
animal shelter or animal control facility may adopt out a dog
or cat that has not been sterilized and microchipped if the
adopting owner has executed a written agreement to have
sterilizing and microchipping procedures performed within 14
days after a licensed veterinarian certifies the dog or cat is
healthy enough for sterilizing and microchipping procedures
and a licensed veterinarian has certified that the dog or cat
is too sick or injured to be sterilized or it would be
detrimental to the health of the dog or cat to be sterilized or
microchipped at the time of the adoption.
(b) An animal shelter or animal control facility may adopt
out any dog or cat that is not free of disease, injury, or
abnormality if the disease, injury, or abnormality is

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