Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
Filed: 4/20/2021
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3378




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3378 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 23 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 605/23 new)
7    Sec. 23. Animal sourcing database; certification board.
8    (a) In this Section, "Animal Sourcing Certification Board" 
9or "the Board" means the board established by the Department 
10of Agriculture.
11    (b) The duties of the Animal Sourcing Certification Board 
12shall include all of the following: 
13        (1) To assist the Department in the collection, 
14    analysis, and input of the data that is required to be 
15    submitted by an animal control facility or an animal 
16    shelter to the Department under this Act.
 
 
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1        (2) To create an animal sourcing database or 
2    management system for the organization  and compilation of 
3    the information collected by the Board.
4        (3) To develop a process to issue a certification of 
5    compliance to  an animal control facility or animal shelter 
6    that is in compliance with all reporting requirements. The 
7    Board shall establish the certification requirements or 
8    standards that an animal control facility or animal 
9    shelter must satisfy to receive the certificate of 
10    compliance from the Department. 
11    (c) The Board shall collect all of the following 
12information for each cat or dog that occupies a space in an 
13animal control facility or animal shelter: 
14        (1) The species and breed.
15        (2) The age, sex, and weight.
16        (3) The location or origin of the cat or dog prior to 
17    entering the facility or shelter.
18        (4) The location of a cat or dog transferred through 
19    adoption, the return of the animal to the owner, or to 
20    another shelter.
21        (5) Behavioral information that was provided to the 
22    animal control facility or animal shelter or gathered 
23    while in the care of the facility or shelter.
24        (6) The medical history and all medical procedures 
25    performed on the cat or dog.
26        (7) A record of surgical sterilization or lack of 
 
 
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1    surgical sterilization.
2        (8) If the cat or dog is microchipped and the 
3    microchip has been enrolled in a nationally searchable 
4    database.
5        (9) A record of vaccinations and veterinary care and 
6    treatment. 
7    (d) The Board shall submit a report of its findings to the 
8Department within one year after the effective date of this 
9amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. The Board shall 
10submit a second report of its findings to the General Assembly 
11for the following year.
12    (e) The Department shall analyze the information contained 
13in the reports to review licensing issues, to identify issues 
14and trends, and to develop supplemental certification 
15requirements.
16    (f) The Department shall adopt rules necessary for the 
17implementation of this Section.

 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
19becoming law.".