Bill Text: IL SB3537 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may waive the fee for sterilizing and microchipping a dog or cat (in addition to waiving the adoption fee) and if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SB3537 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3537-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3537 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Terri Bryant SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 605/3.3
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that an animal shelter or animal control facility may waive the fee for sterilizing and microchipping a dog or cat (in addition to waiving the adoption fee) and if the person adopting the dog or cat is a veteran and meets specified criteria. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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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disclosed in writing to the adopter, and the animal shelter or
animal control facility allows the adopter to return the
animal to the animal shelter or animal control facility.
(c) The requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section do not apply to adoptions subject to Section 11 of the
Animal Control Act.
(d) An animal shelter or animal control facility shall
waive the adoption fee for a dog or cat and may waive the fee
for microchipping and sterilizing the dog or cat if the person
adopting the dog or cat:
(1) presents to the animal shelter or animal control
facility a current and valid Illinois driver's license
with the word "veteran" printed on its face, a current and
valid Illinois Identification Card with the word "veteran"
printed on its face, or an identification card issued
under the federal Veterans Identification Card Act of 2015
and a valid Illinois driver's license or valid Illinois
Identification Card; and
(2) complies with the adoption policies of the animal
shelter or animal control facility.
(e) An animal shelter or animal control facility may limit
the number of dogs or cats adopted from that animal shelter or
animal control facility pursuant to this Section to one dog or
cat each in a 2-year period.
(Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-434, eff. 1-1-24.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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