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.
  


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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. Prohibition of dogs, and cats, and rabbits  sold 
8by pet shops; recordkeeping.
9    (a) A pet shop operator may offer for sale a dog or cat 
10only if the dog or cat is obtained from an animal control 
11facility or animal shelter, located in-state or out-of-state, 
12that is in compliance with Section 3.9. 
13    (b) A pet shop operator shall keep a record of each dog or 
14cat offered for sale. The record must be kept on file for a 
15period of 2 years following the acquisition of each dog or cat, 
16made available to the Department upon request, and submitted 
17to the Department on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The 
18record shall include the following: 
19        (1)  name, address, and phone number of the animal 
20    control facility or animal shelter each dog or cat was 
21    obtained from; and 
22        (2) documentation from the animal control facility or 
23    animal shelter each dog or cat was obtained from 
 
 
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1    demonstrating compliance with Section 3.9, including the 
2    circumstances that led to the animal control facility or 
3    animal shelter obtaining ownership of the dog or cat and 
4    any other information indicating the dog or cat was not 
5    obtained from a source prohibited in Section 3.9. 
6    (c) In addition to the penalties set forth in Section 
720.5, a pet shop operator that violates subsection (a) shall 
8no longer offer for sale a dog or cat regardless of where the 
9dog or cat was obtained. 
10    (d) Nothing in this Section prohibits a pet shop operator 
11from providing space to an animal control facility or animal 
12shelter to showcase dogs or cats owned by these entities for 
13the purpose of adoption. 

14    (e)  A pet shop operator shall not offer for sale a rabbit 
15regardless of where it was obtained. 
16(Source: P.A. 102-586, eff. 2-23-22.)