Bill Title: Creates the Dog Breeder License Act. Provides for the licensure of dog breeders with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation beginning 6 months after the effective date of the Act. Sets forth powers and duties of the Department, licensure requirements, grounds for discipline, civil and criminal penalties for violation of the Act, and administrative procedure. Includes provisions concerning exemption from the Act. Provides that the Act does not limit the power of a unit of local government from regulating or licensing the practice of dog breeding in a stricter manner. Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that pet shop operators must publicly disclose certain information regarding dogs for sale. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to provide that a licensee who intentionally makes false or misleading statements in connection with the disclosures required by the Dog Breeder License Act and the Animal Welfare Act are violations of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date of January 1, 2020 for the new Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b). [SB0053 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Dan Cronin [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-021	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Toi Hutchinson [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-040	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Terry Link [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-030	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Pamela Althoff [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-032	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Maggie Crotty [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Linda Holmes [D]	Sponsor	N/A	217-782-0422	SD-042	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kirk Dillard [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-024	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-016	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ira Silverstein [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-008	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Heather Steans [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-007	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]	Sponsor	N/A	217-782-8250	SD-046	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dan Kotowski [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-028	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Delgado [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-002	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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