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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1540 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6439 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1540 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. DIMASSA, 116th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE SOURCING OF PETS SOLD IN PET | |
| 19 | 19 | STORES. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to prohibit owners of pet 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | stores from selling cats, dogs or rabbits that have not been sourced 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | from a public animal welfare agency or shelter or animal welfare 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | organization that has a contractual agreement with at least one such 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | public animal welfare shelter. 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 29 | 29 | To create certainty as to the origin of animals sold in pet stores and | |
| 30 | 30 | provide shelter animals with a better opportunity to find a permanent | |
| 31 | 31 | home. |