Bill Text: IL SB3791 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-15 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3791 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3791-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3791 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
510 ILCS 72/25
Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning animals.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act is
amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
(510 ILCS 72/25)
Sec. 25. Euthanasia agency.
(a) To be certified as a euthanasia agency, an entity must
apply to the Department, hold an active license under the
Animal Welfare Act as an animal control facility or an animal
shelter, pay the required fee, and agree to:
(1) Keep euthanasia drugs in a securely locked cabinet
or a metal safe that meets the requirements of the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act and rules adopted under
that Act when not in use. A temporary storage cabinet may
be used when a euthanasia technician is on duty and
animals are being euthanized during the workday.
(2) Comply with the requirements of the Illinois Food,
Drug and Cosmetic Act, federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. (1976)), federal Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (1976)), and the
Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
(3) Keep the conditions of the euthanasia area clean

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and sanitary with adequate equipment and supplies to
enable the humane disposition of animals.
(b) A euthanasia agency may purchase, store, and possess
Schedule II and Schedule III (nonnarcotic controlled
substances) drugs for the euthanization of animals upon
obtaining from the Department an Illinois controlled
substances license pursuant to the Illinois Controlled
Substances Act and a controlled substance license issued by
the Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to the federal
Controlled Substances Act.
(c) The Department shall inspect the facility prior to the
issuance of the controlled substance license.
(d) The euthanasia agency shall notify the Department in
writing within 30 days of the time that the employment of a
euthanasia technician is terminated from the euthanasia
agency.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, no animal shelter shall
be allowed to euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated
animal returned or found on the street beginning July 1, 2024.
(Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02.)