Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05617 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/12/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5617
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 936
 *00936*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5617 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 936

*00936*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF PUPPIES IN PET STORES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the sale of puppies in pet stores.

Statement of Purpose: 

To protect dogs and customers by prohibiting the sale of puppies produced by out-of-state puppy mills in Connecticut pet stores.