CS/SB 818: Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies
GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Bennett ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Latvala ; Smith
Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies; Creating the “Animal Rescue Act”; requiring any animal control agency or animal shelter that euthanizes animals to maintain a registry of animal rescue groups that are willing to accept animals that would otherwise be subject to euthanization; providing eligibility criteria for rescue groups and persons desiring to be on the euthanization registry; providing criteria under which an animal control agency or animal shelter may reject an applicant for the euthanization registry or remove a participant from the registry; requiring that certain specified information concerning an animal rescue group be included in the group’s application for inclusion on the euthanasia registry; requiring that a rescue group or person agreeing to take possession of the animal do so within a specified time, etc.
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Community Affairs (CA)
- Agriculture (AG)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/3/2011 | Senate |
• Filed |
| 12/5/2011 | Senate |
• Referred to Community Affairs; Agriculture -SJ 69 |
| 12/21/2011 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed |
| 1/10/2012 | Senate |
• Introduced -SJ 69 |
| 1/18/2012 | Senate |
• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/23/12, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 1/23/2012 | Senate |
• CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 264 |
| 1/24/2012 | Senate |
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 270 |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate |
• Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) |
