Bill Status of SB 257   104th General Assembly

Short Description:  CAT DECLAWING ACT

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Linda Holmes-Sara Feigenholtz

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/22/2025SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act

Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Cat Declawing Act. Provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Act, a person may not request or perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, claws, or paws. Authorizes a veterinarian, for a medically necessary and therapeutic purpose, to perform surgical claw removal, declawing, or tendonectomy on a cat or otherwise alter a cat's toes, claws, or paws. Contains enforcement provisions. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/22/2025SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
  1/22/2025SenateFirst Reading
  1/22/2025SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/24/2025SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

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