Bill Title: Amends the Animal Welfare Act. 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, including adoptions or sales available over the internet. Sets forth certain requirements concerning an acknowledgement of disclosures form which must be signed by the customer or adopter and the pet shop operator or authorized representative of the animal shelter or animal control facility. Makes other changes. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who knowingly violates the disclosure requirements for a pet shop operator who sells a dog or cat under the Animal Welfare Act commits an unlawful practice. Effective January 1, 2011.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff [SB3594 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Dan Kotowski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jeffrey Schoenberg [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Larry Bomke [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Bond [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pamela Althoff [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Garrett [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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