SB 1412

Abstract

Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse; penalty. Prohibits any person from serving as an owner, director, officer, manager, operator, member of staff, or animal caregiver of a pet shop, dealer, or commercial dog breeder if such person has been convicted of animal cruelty. The bill prohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption an animal without first obtaining a signed statement from the purchaser or adopter that such person has never been convicted of animal curelty. A violation of such requirement is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employeesconvicted of animal abuse; penalty. Requires pet shops, dealers, and commercial dog breeders to obtain a signed statement from anyprospective owner, director, officer, manager, member, operator,member of staff, or animal caregiver of such pet shop, dealer, orcommercial dog breeder, respectively, that such person has neverbeen convicted of animal cruelty, neglect, or abandonment. The billprohibits pet shops from selling or giving for adoption an animalwithout first obtaining such statement from the purchaser or adopterand prohibits dealers and commercial dog breeders from importing,selling, or offering for sale any dog to a pet shop without firstobtaining such statement from each owner, director, officer, manager,member, operator, member of staff, and animal caregiver of the petshop. Failure by such person to provide, or by such pet shop, dealer,or dog breeder to obtain, such statement is a Class 1 misdemeanor.