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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1282
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM QUARANTINE FOR CERTAIN
DOGS AND CATS EXPOSED TO RABIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22-359f of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
[Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Commissioner of 3
Agriculture shall develop a waiver request process and form for the 4
owner, keeper or veterinarian for any animal that was attacked and that 5
may have been exposed to rabies as a result of such attack to request a 6
reduction of the requisite quarantine period for such animal from six 7
months to four months if such owner, keeper or veterinarian submits 8
proof with such waiver request that such animal was vaccinated for 9
rabies not more than ninety-six hours after such attack. Such waiver 10
request process and form shall be: (1) Posted on the Internet web site of 11
the Department of Agriculture, (2) made publicly available and 12
accessible, and (3) made known to veterinarians throughout the state by 13
said department.] The owner or keeper of any animal that was attacked 14
and that may have been exposed to rabies as a result of such attack shall 15
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quarantine the animal for a minimum of four months. The owner or 16
keeper of the animal shall have such animal vaccinated against rabies as 17
soon as medically appropriate. Such quarantine shall be provided as 18
directed by a licensed veterinarian in this state or the State Veterinarian. 19
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 22-359f
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the minimum quarantine time from six to four months for
dogs, cats and other animals that have been attacked and that may have
been exposed to rabies.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]