Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB3791 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3791 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 510 ILCS 72/25 Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 39372 JAG 69540 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3791 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 510 ILCS 72/25 510 ILCS 72/25 Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024. LRB103 39372 JAG 69540 b LRB103 39372 JAG 69540 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3791 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning animals.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act is
15	15	5 amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
16	16	6 (510 ILCS 72/25)
17	17	7 Sec. 25. Euthanasia agency.
18	18	8 (a) To be certified as a euthanasia agency, an entity must
19	19	9 apply to the Department, hold an active license under the
20	20	10 Animal Welfare Act as an animal control facility or an animal
21	21	11 shelter, pay the required fee, and agree to:
22	22	12 (1) Keep euthanasia drugs in a securely locked cabinet
23	23	13 or a metal safe that meets the requirements of the
24	24	14 Illinois Controlled Substances Act and rules adopted under
25	25	15 that Act when not in use. A temporary storage cabinet may
26	26	16 be used when a euthanasia technician is on duty and
27	27	17 animals are being euthanized during the workday.
28	28	18 (2) Comply with the requirements of the Illinois Food,
29	29	19 Drug and Cosmetic Act, federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
30	30	20 (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. (1976)), federal Controlled
31	31	21 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (1976)), and the
32	32	22 Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
33	33	23 (3) Keep the conditions of the euthanasia area clean
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37	37	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3791 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mike Simmons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, an animal shelter may not euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated animal. Effective July 1, 2024.
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68	68	1 and sanitary with adequate equipment and supplies to
69	69	2 enable the humane disposition of animals.
70	70	3 (b) A euthanasia agency may purchase, store, and possess
71	71	4 Schedule II and Schedule III (nonnarcotic controlled
72	72	5 substances) drugs for the euthanization of animals upon
73	73	6 obtaining from the Department an Illinois controlled
74	74	7 substances license pursuant to the Illinois Controlled
75	75	8 Substances Act and a controlled substance license issued by
76	76	9 the Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to the federal
77	77	10 Controlled Substances Act.
78	78	11 (c) The Department shall inspect the facility prior to the
79	79	12 issuance of the controlled substance license.
80	80	13 (d) The euthanasia agency shall notify the Department in
81	81	14 writing within 30 days of the time that the employment of a
82	82	15 euthanasia technician is terminated from the euthanasia
83	83	16 agency.
84	84	17 (e) Notwithstanding any other law, no animal shelter shall
85	85	18 be allowed to euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated
86	86	19 animal returned or found on the street beginning July 1, 2024.
87	87	20 (Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02.)
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