Was it a warning shot, so to speak, of things to come for the dogs if the state passes the puppy
mill bills now pending in the legislature?
Chicago's
anti-puppy mill bill officially went into enforcement in 2016, requiring all pet stores in the city to no longer sell..
Update June 2: Oregon's puppy
mill bill passed the state Senate by a vote of 18 - 10.
City officials said the Legislature passed a puppy and
kitten mill bill in 2015 but the bill was vetoed by Gov. Paul LePage.
I addressed the legislative committee [in support of the puppy
mill bill] as past president of the Collie Club of America, past president of the Purebred Dog Breeders and Fanciers Association, past president of the Cleveland Collie Club, and an AKC dog judge.
Placing a puppy
mill bill under Hall's committee has in effect put a fox in charge of the hen house.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza (who helped spearhead Chicago's
anti-puppy mill bill) has revived the Comptroller's Critters program started by her late predecessor, Judy Baar Topinka.
For more on what happened to these dogs and the pending Pennsylvania
puppy mill bill, read Animal Law Coalition's roriginal report below.
Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal said, «Today represents a watershed moment for animal protection in New York State now that my bill A.740 - A, also known as the «puppy
mill bill,» has become law.
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Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone signed into law Tuesday the «puppy
mill bill,» safeguarding the animals themselves, as well as consumers who have been burdened by unexpected medical costs of caring for their newly purchased pets.
The 2010 passage of the «puppy
mill bill» placed the commercial pet breeder regulations under title 59 of the Oklahoma State Code in a section called Professions and Occupations, and the licensing compels breeders to collect and remit sales taxes to the state in a manner consistent with other retail businesses.
The Pet Quality Assurance Act, or the «puppy
mill bill,» House Bill 1332, and House Bill 1045, a bill which would have allowed low - population counties to operate a shelter and pass animal control ordinances, would have combined to help the most voiceless of all companion animals in our state; dogs in unlicensed dog dealing facilities and unwanted animals facing abandonment due to the absence of shelters.
Those at the vigil also announced the names of «the guilty», legislators who did not endorse or opposed the puppy
mill bill, H.B. 2525.
The Cook County puppy
mill bill, which would ban pet stores from selling commercially bred dogs, cats, and rabbits and is scheduled to go..
Original report: Indiana's puppy
mill bill, H.B. 1468, introduced by Rep. Linda Lawson, has passed the Committee on Courts and Criminal Code by a vote of 11 - 1.
What's going on in Chicagoland's animal community Chicago's anti-puppy
mill bill, which makes it illegal for pet stores to sell..
Commercial Breeder Bill Senator Ferrell Haile spent much of the fall of 2014 researching and preparing a new «puppy
mill bill» that would be in a version he could pass since the previous program had not been extended.
Monday, February 24 2014: Bailey's Bill (puppy
mill bill) is being heard by the house TODAY!!!
The ordinance, dubbed the «puppy
mill bill,» was signed into law by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and will apply to stores in Boston, according to an administration spokeswoman, Bonnie McGilpin.
An interesting fact about the film: the film team spent 10 days in Missouri, and the battle over Prop B (the puppy
mill bill that was defeated) is a featured segment of the film.
The HSUS applauds the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate for passing anti-animal cruelty and puppy
mill bills.
Update Sept. 17, 2008: The momentum appears to be in favor of Gov. Ed Rendell's puppy
mill bills.
Update June 23, 2008: Â Â There is likely to be a vote as early as tomorrow in the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on H.B. 2525, more commonly known as the Pennsylvania puppy
mill bill.
Update Sept. 29, 2008: Â The Pennsylvania Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs committee has passed the puppy
mill bill, H.B. 2525, but with two packages of amendments that, according to one member of the Dog Law Advisory Board, «water down» the proposed law.
Update Sept. 22, 2008: A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi says he sees «no reason» that the puppy
mill bills won't come up for a vote before the end of this year's legislative session.
Before the summer recess, there were over 100 amendments that were offered for the puppy
mill bill, H.B. 2525, a comprehensive overhaul of the Dog Law as applied to commercial dog breeders, Â as breeders, the state farm bureau and the Pennsylvania Veterinarian Medical Association worked to defeat it.Â
Breaking News September 17, 2008 at noon: The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed H.B. 2525 and H.B. 2532 known as the puppy
mill bills.
The puppy
mill bill, HB 1004, Â was assigned to a special standing Committee on Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture but did not advance further.
Update Oct. 29: The Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee has approved SB 208, the senate version of the puppy
mill bill.
Update May 20: The Oregon puppy
mill bill, H.B. 2470 has now passed the Senate Consumer Protection and Public Affairs Committee.
Update Oct. 28, 2009: The Wisconsin Assembly has unanimously passed a substitute version of AB 250 while the Senate puppy
mill bill, the Senate substitute version of SB 208 has been sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
This year the «puppy
mill bill» promises to bring many Oklahomans together again to fight for the welfare of puppy producing dogs that remain behind closed doors in remote locations across the state.
The, «Pet Quality Assurance Act,» commonly referred to as the, «puppy
mill bill,» passed the Oklahoma house and senate last year, as did a very important house bill which would have eliminated the archaic restriction that prevents Oklahoma counties with populations under 200,000 from building shelters or operating animal control services.