Bill Text: IL HB2253 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator shall not offer for sale a rabbit regardless of where it was obtained.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2253 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2253-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2253 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 605/3.8
Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator shall not offer for sale a rabbit regardless of where it was obtained.
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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 3.8 as follows:
(225 ILCS 605/3.8)
Sec. 3.8. Prohibition of dogs, and cats, and rabbits sold
by pet shops; recordkeeping.
(a) A pet shop operator may offer for sale a dog or cat
only if the dog or cat is obtained from an animal control
facility or animal shelter, located in-state or out-of-state,
that is in compliance with Section 3.9.
(b) A pet shop operator shall keep a record of each dog or
cat offered for sale. The record must be kept on file for a
period of 2 years following the acquisition of each dog or cat,
made available to the Department upon request, and submitted
to the Department on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The
record shall include the following:
(1) name, address, and phone number of the animal
control facility or animal shelter each dog or cat was
obtained from; and
(2) documentation from the animal control facility or
animal shelter each dog or cat was obtained from

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demonstrating compliance with Section 3.9, including the
circumstances that led to the animal control facility or
animal shelter obtaining ownership of the dog or cat and
any other information indicating the dog or cat was not
obtained from a source prohibited in Section 3.9.
(c) In addition to the penalties set forth in Section
20.5, a pet shop operator that violates subsection (a) shall
no longer offer for sale a dog or cat regardless of where the
dog or cat was obtained.
(d) Nothing in this Section prohibits a pet shop operator
from providing space to an animal control facility or animal
shelter to showcase dogs or cats owned by these entities for
the purpose of adoption.
(e) A pet shop operator shall not offer for sale a rabbit
regardless of where it was obtained.
(Source: P.A. 102-586, eff. 2-23-22.)