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: 03/09/2012 Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2)
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/03/2011 | Senate | • Filed |
| 12/05/2011 | 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 |
| 01/10/2012 | Senate | • Introduced -SJ 69 |
| 01/18/2012 | Senate | • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/23/12, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building |
| 01/23/2012 | Senate | • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 264 |
| 01/24/2012 | Senate | • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 270 |
| 03/09/2012 | Senate | • Died pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) |
