Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Upon entering a conviction for a violation of specified provisions of the Act, or of specified provisions of the Criminal Code of 2012, by a defendant 18 years of age or older, the presiding judge shall notify the defendant that the conviction will be reported to the national Do Not Adopt Registry. Provides that, for convictions that occurred on and after January 1, 2015, the clerk of the court shall send notice of the conviction and the defendant's name, date of birth, physical description (gender, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, height, weight), and offense for which the defendant has been convicted, to the national Do Not Adopt Registry. Provides that, for convictions that occurred before January 1, 2015, the clerk may send notice to the national Do Not Adopt Registry of convictions by a defendant 18 years of age or older. Provides that any animal shelter, pet store, animal breeder, or individual shall conduct a search of the national Do Not Adopt Registry prior to selling, transferring, delivering, or placing for adoption a companion animal to another person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3138 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Susan Rezin [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bill Brady [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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