Bill Text: MI HB4674 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Animals: cats; certain medical procedures for declawing a cat; prohibit. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 18830.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/25/2023 [HB4674 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4674-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4674
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
(MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 18830.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 18830. (1) A licensee shall not perform by any means an onychectomy, a partial or complete phalangectomy, or tendonectomy procedure, or any other surgical procedure that prevents normal functioning of the claws, toes, or paws, on a cat, unless the procedure is necessary to address a therapeutic purpose.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Cat" means a domestic cat of the species Felis catus or a hybrid of that species. Cat includes, but is not limited to, a savannah cat, Serengeti cat, Maine coon, Bengal cat, or chausie.
(b) "Therapeutic purpose" means a physical medical condition of a cat, including, but not limited to, an existing or recurring illness, infection, disease, injury, or abnormal condition in the claw of a cat that compromises the cat's health. Therapeutic purpose does not include a cosmetic or aesthetic reason or a reason of convenience in keeping or handling a cat.
