103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3200 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that dog breeders must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. Provides that if the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized. LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3200 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that dog breeders must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. Provides that if the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized. LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3200 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that dog breeders must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. Provides that if the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized. LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b A BILL FOR HB3200LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b HB3200 LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b HB3200 LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Animal Welfare Act is amended by adding 5 Section 3.16 as follows: 6 (225 ILCS 605/3.16 new) 7 Sec. 3.16. Dog breeders; genetic testing. Dog breeders 8 must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested 9 for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. 10 If the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a 11 genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical 12 impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3200 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that dog breeders must genetically test or have their dogs genetically tested for diseases that cause early death or physical impairments. Provides that if the dog breeder finds that a dog he or she breeds has a genetic defect or mutation that causes early death or physical impairments, the dog breeder must have that dog sterilized. LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b A BILL FOR 225 ILCS 605/3.16 new LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b HB3200 LRB103 25668 RLC 52017 b