HB2253 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 26803 AMQ 53167 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2253

Introduced 2/14/2023, 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.

A BILL FOR

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 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.)