101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2933

 

Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 605/3.8

    Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that a pet shop operator may offer for sale only those dogs or cats obtained from an animal control center, animal care facility, kennel, pound, or training facility operated by any subdivision of local, State, or federal government, or a humane society or rescue organization. Provides that no pet shop operator may offer for sale any dog or cat obtained from a breeder unless the breeder holds a valid USDA Class "A" license as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations implementing the federal Animal Welfare Act, listing all site addresses where regulated animals are located; the breeder owns or possesses no more than 5 female dogs or cats capable of reproduction in any 12-month period; and no more than 5 female dogs or cats capable of reproduction are housed at the site address where the retail animal was born or housed, including animals owned by persons other than the breeder. Effective January 1, 2020.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by changing
5Section 3.8 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 605/3.8)
7    Sec. 3.8. Sourcing of dogs and cats sold by pet shops.
8    (a) A pet shop operator may offer for sale only those dogs
9or cats obtained from A pet shop operator may not obtain a dog
10or cat for resale or sell or offer for sale any dog or cat
11obtained from a person who is required to be licensed by the
12pet dealer regulations of the United States Department of
13Agriculture under the federal Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131
14et seq.) if any of the following applies to the original
15breeder:
16        (1) an animal control center, animal care facility,
17    kennel, pound, or training facility operated by any
18    subdivision of local, State, or federal government; or The
19    person is not currently licensed by the United States
20    Department of Agriculture under the federal Animal Welfare
21    Act.
22        (2) a humane society or rescue organization During the
23    2-year period before the day the dog or cat is received by

 

 

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1    the pet shop, the person received a direct or critical
2    non-compliant citation on a final inspection report from
3    the United States Department of Agriculture under the
4    federal Animal Welfare Act.
5        (3) During the 2-year period before the day the dog or
6    cat is received by the pet shop, the person received 3 or
7    more non-compliant citations on a final inspection report
8    from the United States Department of Agriculture for
9    violations relating to the health or welfare of the animal
10    and the violations were not administrative in nature.
11        (4) The person received a no-access violation on each
12    of the 3 most recent final inspection reports from the
13    United States Department of Agriculture.
14    (b) (Blank). A pet shop operator is presumed to have acted
15in good faith and to have satisfied its obligation to ascertain
16whether a person meets the criteria described in subsection (a)
17of this Section if, when placing an order to obtain a dog or
18cat for sale or resale, the pet shop operator conducts a search
19for inspection reports that are readily available of the
20breeder on the Animal Care Information System online search
21tool maintained by the United States Department of Agriculture.
22If inspection reports are not readily available on the United
23States Department of Agriculture website, the pet shop operator
24must obtain the inspection reports from the person or persons
25required to meet the criteria described in subsection (a) of
26this Section.

 

 

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1    (b-5) No pet shop operator may offer for sale any dog or
2cat obtained from a breeder unless the following requirements
3are met:
4        (A) the breeder holds a valid USDA Class "A" license as
5    defined in 9 CFR 1.1, listing all site addresses where
6    regulated animals are located;
7        (B) the breeder owns or possesses no more than 5 female
8    dogs or cats capable of reproduction in any 12-month
9    period; and
10        (C) no more than 5 female dogs or cats capable of
11    reproduction are housed at the site address where the
12    retail animal was born or housed, including animals owned
13    by persons other than the breeder.
14    (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b-5) (b) of this
15Section, a pet shop operator may obtain a dog or cat for resale
16or sell or offer for sale any dog or cat obtained from: (1) a
17person that sells dogs only he or she has produced and raised
18and who is not required to be licensed by the United States
19Department of Agriculture, (2) a publicly operated pound or a
20private non-profit humane society or rescue, or (3) an animal
21adoption event conducted by a pound or humane society.
22    (d) A pet shop operator shall maintain records verifying
23its compliance with this Section for 2 years after obtaining
24the dog or cat to be sold or offered for sale. Records
25maintained pursuant to this subsection (d) shall be open to
26inspection on request by a Department of Agriculture inspector.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-322, eff. 8-24-17.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
31, 2020.