ANIMALS-BAN DECLAWING CATS

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person shall not perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, claws, or paws, except for a therapeutic purpose. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall subject a person who violates the provisions to a civil penalty of $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $2,500 for a third or subsequent violation.

Every action

32 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Mar 21, 2023SenateArrive in Senate
2. Mar 21, 2023SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading
3. Mar 21, 2023SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
4. Mar 21, 2023SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
5. Mar 21, 2023SenateFirst Reading
6. Mar 21, 2023CommitteeReferred to Assignments · Senate Assignments
7. Mar 12, 2024SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
8. Jan 7, 2025HouseSession Sine Die

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 11 Democrats.

• Barbara HernandezD Primary sponsor · District 50
• Sara FeigenholtzD Floor sponsor · District 6