House Bill #5072 (2019)
AN ACT RELATING TO ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- ANIMAL CARE
Prohibits pet shops from offering for sale cats or dogs that are not obtained from an animal shelter, dog pound or animal rescue. Further prohibits any person from selling, exchanging, trading, bartering or displaying any dog or cat in public.
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2019-01-10: Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
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2019-02-15: Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
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2019-02-27: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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2019-05-31: Scheduled for consideration
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2019-05-31: Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2019)
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2019-06-04: Committee postponed at request of sponsor (06/05/2019)
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2019-06-07: Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
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2019-06-12: Committee recommends passage
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2019-06-14: Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2019)
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2019-06-18: House read and passed
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2019-06-25: Referred to Senate Judiciary
Votes
NOTE: Electronic voting records are unofficial and may not be accurate. For an official vote tally, check the
House or Senate Journal from the day of the vote.
June 18, 2019 at 4:48pm
Yeas: 61 /
Nays: 7 /
Not voting: 7 /
Recused: 0