Cats
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. [SB-90]
Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder of dogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility that no longer has a need for a dog or cat in its possession to offer the animal for adoption prior to euthanizing it. Currently, only animal testing facilities are subject to this requirement. Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder of dogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility that no longer
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Breeders of cats and dogs; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. [SB-88]
Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for five years from the date of the acquisition, transfer, or disposition and to quarterly submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian. Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Pet shops; sale of unneutered or unspayed dogs and cats prohibited, penalty. [SB-89]
Pet shops; sale of unneutered or unspayed dogs and cats prohibited; penalty. Prohibits a pet shop from selling a dog or cat unless it has first been spayed or neutered. A violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. [SB-87]
Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. Prohibits a dealer, commercial dog breeder, or cat breeder, including an entity that breeds dogs or cats regulated under federal law as research animals, from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or cat bred by a person who has received certain citations on or after July 1, 2023, pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act.
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Animal testing facilities; definitions, adoption of dogs and cats, civil penalty. [SB-1417]
Animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats; civil penalty. Requires any animal testing facility, defined in the bill, that no longer has need for a dog or cat in its possession that does not pose a health or safety risk to the public or itself to offer, for a reasonable period of time prior to euthanasia, such dog or cat for adoption to a releasing agency or through a private placement or in the case of a testing facility operated by an agency or institution of higher education, develop its own adoption program. The bill authorizes an
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs, civil penalty. [SB-1390]
Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs; civil penalty. Authorizes any public or private animal shelter, releasing agency, or hospital or clinic that is operated under the immediate supervision of a duly licensed veterinarian to operate a trap, neuter, and return program, as defined in the bill. The bill exempts volunteers of such program from provisions related to abandonment and licensing of animals and exempts the operator from general requirements of shelters related to holding periods, release of animals, and recordkeeping. A person who violates
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Hawaii 2019 Regular Session
Relating To Animals. [HB-930]
Prohibits a pet store operator from selling a dog, cat, or rabbit unless the dog, cat, or rabbit was obtained from certain humane sources.
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Idaho 2010 Regular Session
Adds to existing law relating to animals to provide for the regulation of the humane capture, sterilization and release of free-roaming cats by counties and municipalities. [SB-1333]
Adds to existing law relating to animals to provide for the regulation of the humane capture, sterilization and release of free-roaming cats by counties and municipalities.
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Michigan 95th Legislature
A resolution to declare February 23, 2010, as Spay Day in the state of Michigan. [HR-210]
A resolution to declare February 23, 2010, as Spay Day in the state of Michigan.
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Hawaii 2020 Regular Session
Relating To Animals. [HB-930]
Prohibits a pet store operator from selling a dog, cat, or rabbit unless the dog, cat, or rabbit was obtained from certain humane sources.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. [SB-1263]
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill also removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cats or dogs; killing of companion animals. [SB-1218]
Killing of dog or cat prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the humane killing of a dog or cat that is a companion animal unless the animal poses an immediate physical threat to a person or is in extreme distress and would suffer further as a result of a delay in seeking veterinary care. The bill makes a violation a Class 2 misdemeanor, with any subsequent violation a Class 6 felony. The bill exempts from the prohibition any veterinarian or other authorized person who euthanizes a companion animal under Chapter 65 (§ 3.2-6500 et seq.) of Title 3.2 (Comprehensive
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue. [SB-1204]
Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue. Authorizes localities to adopt ordinances prohibiting the sale in a business of any dog or cat that was not obtained from a Virginia releasing agency or a nonprofit animal rescue organization.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Dogs and cats; regulation of sale. [HB-2116]
Sale of dog or cat not obtained from releasing agency or animal rescue. Authorizes localities to adopt ordinances prohibiting the sale in a business of any dog or cat that was not obtained from a Virginia releasing agency or a nonprofit animal rescue organization.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cats and dogs; local government may, by ordinance, provide for lifetime licenses. [HB-1477]
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to SB 856.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Cats and dogs; authorizes local government to provide for lifetime licenses. [SB-856]
Cats and dogs; lifetime licenses. Authorizes the governing body of a county or city to provide for a lifetime dog or cat license. The bill also removes the minimum annual tax for a dog or cat, sets the maximum tax for a lifetime license at $50, and limits the fee for a duplicate dog or cat tag to $1. This bill is identical to HB 1477.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Dogs; public animal shelters required to notify intent to euthanize. [SB-801]
Public animal shelters; dogs; euthanasia. Requires a public animal shelter to wait three days before euthanizing a dog or cat when a person has notified the shelter of his intent to adopt or take custody of the particular animal. The shelter must make reasonable efforts to accomplish the release of the animal, but is not required hold the animal if it has reason to believe that the animal has seriously injured a human or the animal meets certain other specified conditions for euthanasia. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Companion animal; surgical sterilization program, penalty. [SB-799]
Companion animal surgical sterilization program; fund; penalty. Establishes a fund to reimburse participating veterinarians for the surgical sterilizations they perform on eligible cats or dogs. The bill requires that a surcharge of $5 per ton of pet food distributed in the Commonwealth be deposited in the fund and that such pet food be exempted from the existing litter tax. An animal will be eligible for sterilization under the program at no or reduced cost to its owner or caretaker if it is a feral or free-roaming cat or is owned by a low-income
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Companion animals; surgical sterilization program. [SB-18]
Companion animal surgical sterilization program; fund; penalty. Establishes a fund to reimburse participating veterinarians for the surgical sterilizations they perform on eligible cats or dogs. The bill provides that a surcharge of $5 per ton of pet food distributed in the Commonwealth be deposited in the fund and such pet food be exempted from the existing litter tax. An animal will be eligible for sterilization under the program if it is a feral or free-roaming cat or is owned by a low-income individual or a releasing agency such as an animal
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