Bill Title: Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes that these provisions do not apply to a person who performs a procedure solely for a therapeutic purpose. Provides that surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise altering a cat's toes, claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, claws, or paws may only be performed by a veterinarian licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 for therapeutic purposes for the cat. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-12 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson [HB1533 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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