103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3791
 
Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
510 ILCS 72/25
    Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning animals.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act is 
5amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (510 ILCS 72/25)
7    Sec. 25. Euthanasia agency. 
8    (a) To be certified as a euthanasia agency, an entity must 
9apply to the Department, hold an active license under the 
10Animal Welfare Act as an animal control facility or an animal 
11shelter, pay the required fee, and agree to: 
12        (1) Keep euthanasia drugs in a securely locked cabinet 
13    or a metal safe that meets the requirements of the 
14    Illinois Controlled Substances Act and rules adopted under 
15    that Act when not in use. A temporary storage cabinet may 
16    be used when a euthanasia technician is on duty and 
17    animals are being euthanized during the workday. 
18        (2) Comply with the requirements of the Illinois Food, 
19    Drug and Cosmetic Act, federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 
20    (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. (1976)), federal Controlled 
21    Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (1976)), and the 
22    Illinois Controlled Substances Act. 
23        (3) Keep the conditions of the euthanasia area clean 
 
 
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1    and sanitary with adequate equipment and supplies to 
2    enable the humane disposition of animals.
3    (b) A euthanasia agency may purchase, store, and possess 
4Schedule II and Schedule III (nonnarcotic controlled 
5substances) drugs for the euthanization of animals upon 
6obtaining from the Department an Illinois controlled 
7substances license pursuant to the Illinois Controlled 
8Substances Act and a controlled substance license issued by 
9the Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to the federal 
10Controlled Substances Act.
11    (c) The Department shall inspect the facility prior to the 
12issuance of the controlled substance license.
13    (d) The euthanasia agency shall notify the Department in 
14writing within 30 days of the time that the employment of a 
15euthanasia technician is terminated from the euthanasia 
16agency.
17    (e) Notwithstanding any other law, no animal shelter shall 
18be allowed to euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated 
19animal returned or found on the street beginning July 1, 2024. 
20(Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
222024.