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SB 1412 Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse, penalty.

Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse; penalty. Prohibits any person from serving as an owner, director, officer, manager, operator, member of staff, or animal caregiver of a pet shop, dealer, or commercial dog breeder if such person has been convicted of animal cruelty. The bill prohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption an animal without first obtaining a signed statement from the purchaser or adopter that such person has never been convicted of animal curelty. A violation of such requirement is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse; penalty. Requires pet shops, dealers, and commercial dog breeders to obtain a signed statement from any prospective owner, director, officer, manager, member, operator, member of staff, or animal caregiver of such pet shop, dealer, or commercial dog breeder, respectively, that such person has never been convicted of animal cruelty, neglect, or abandonment. The bill prohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption an animal without first obtaining such statement from the purchaser or adopter and prohibits dealers and commercial dog breeders from importing, selling, or offering for sale any dog to a pet shop without first obtaining such statement from each owner, director, officer, manager, member, operator, member of staff, and animal caregiver of the pet shop. Failure by such person to provide, or by such pet shop, dealer, or dog breeder to obtain, such statement is a Class 1 misdemeanor.