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
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
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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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1 AN ACT concerning animals.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Humane Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Act is
5 amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
6 (510 ILCS 72/25)
7 Sec. 25. Euthanasia agency.
8 (a) To be certified as a euthanasia agency, an entity must
9 apply to the Department, hold an active license under the
10 Animal Welfare Act as an animal control facility or an animal
11 shelter, pay the required fee, and agree to:
12 (1) Keep euthanasia drugs in a securely locked cabinet
13 or a metal safe that meets the requirements of the
14 Illinois Controlled Substances Act and rules adopted under
15 that Act when not in use. A temporary storage cabinet may
16 be used when a euthanasia technician is on duty and
17 animals are being euthanized during the workday.
18 (2) Comply with the requirements of the Illinois Food,
19 Drug and Cosmetic Act, federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
20 (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. (1976)), federal Controlled
21 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (1976)), and the
22 Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
23 (3) Keep the conditions of the euthanasia area clean
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
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.
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1 and sanitary with adequate equipment and supplies to
2 enable the humane disposition of animals.
3 (b) A euthanasia agency may purchase, store, and possess
4 Schedule II and Schedule III (nonnarcotic controlled
5 substances) drugs for the euthanization of animals upon
6 obtaining from the Department an Illinois controlled
7 substances license pursuant to the Illinois Controlled
8 Substances Act and a controlled substance license issued by
9 the Drug Enforcement Administration pursuant to the federal
10 Controlled Substances Act.
11 (c) The Department shall inspect the facility prior to the
12 issuance of the controlled substance license.
13 (d) The euthanasia agency shall notify the Department in
14 writing within 30 days of the time that the employment of a
15 euthanasia technician is terminated from the euthanasia
16 agency.
17 (e) Notwithstanding any other law, no animal shelter shall
18 be allowed to euthanize any dog, cat, or other domesticated
19 animal returned or found on the street beginning July 1, 2024.
20 (Source: P.A. 92-449, eff. 1-1-02.)
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