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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0128 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 510 ILCS 5/8 | from Ch. 8, par. 358 |
| Amends the Animal Control Act. In a provision regarding an exemption for rabies inoculation if a licensed veterinarian determines in writing that a rabies inoculation would compromise an animal's health, provides that the determination is valid for one year but may be annually renewed thereafter by a licensed veterinarian. | |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning animals.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Animal Control Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 8 as follows:
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| 6 | | (510 ILCS 5/8) (from Ch. 8, par. 358) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8. Rabies inoculation. |
| 8 | | (a) Every owner of a dog 4 months or more of age shall have |
| 9 | | each dog inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. |
| 10 | | Every dog shall have a second rabies vaccination within one |
| 11 | | year of the first. Terms of subsequent vaccine administration |
| 12 | | and duration of immunity must be in compliance with USDA |
| 13 | | licenses of vaccines used. |
| 14 | | (b) Every owner of a cat that is a companion animal and is |
| 15 | | 4 months or more of age shall have each cat inoculated against |
| 16 | | rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Every cat that is a |
| 17 | | companion animal shall have a second rabies vaccination within |
| 18 | | one year of the first. Terms of subsequent vaccine |
| 19 | | administration and duration of immunity must be in compliance |
| 20 | | with USDA licenses of vaccines used. This subsection (b) does |
| 21 | | not apply to feral cats; however, if a feral cat is presented |
| 22 | | to a licensed veterinarian for sterilization, the feral cat |
| 23 | | shall be inoculated against rabies, unless the person |
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| 1 | | presenting the feral cat for care provides an inoculation |
| 2 | | certificate showing that the feral cat has been inoculated |
| 3 | | against rabies, and the cost of the inoculation shall be paid |
| 4 | | by the person presenting the feral cat to a licensed |
| 5 | | veterinarian for care. |
| 6 | | (c) A veterinarian immunizing a dog, cat, or ferret |
| 7 | | against rabies shall provide the Administrator of the county |
| 8 | | in which the dog, cat, or ferret resides with a certificate of |
| 9 | | immunization. Evidence of such rabies inoculation shall be |
| 10 | | entered on a certificate the form of which shall be approved by |
| 11 | | the Board and which shall contain the microchip number of the |
| 12 | | dog, cat, or ferret if it has one and which shall be signed by |
| 13 | | the licensed veterinarian administering the vaccine. Only one |
| 14 | | dog, cat, or ferret shall be included on each certificate. |
| 15 | | (d) Veterinarians who inoculate a dog shall procure from |
| 16 | | the County Animal Control in the county where their office is |
| 17 | | located serially numbered tags, one to be issued with each |
| 18 | | inoculation certificate. The Board shall cause a rabies |
| 19 | | inoculation tag to be issued, at a fee established by the Board |
| 20 | | for each dog inoculated against rabies. |
| 21 | | (e) A veterinarian who inoculates a cat that is a |
| 22 | | companion animal shall issue an inoculation certificate to the |
| 23 | | owner which shall comply with any registration requirements |
| 24 | | adopted by the county under Section 3 of this Act. The owner |
| 25 | | shall pay any fee imposed by the county under Section 3 of this |
| 26 | | Act. A veterinarian who inoculates a feral cat shall issue an |