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The Minnesota Legislature has adjourned until Tuesday, January 6, 2009
HF 2469 / SF 2292 Dog
and Cat Breeders Act providing standards of care for dog and cat breeders, authorizing rulemaking, and appropriating
money.
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Text HF 2469 click here
Text SF 2292 click here
HF 2469 was moved to the Agriculture and Veterans affairs Committee
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have this bill by clicking on the following links :
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HF 1152 / Animal shelters pet sales exempted from
sales tax.
status HF 1152
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Read and Track bills in the House and Senate click here
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New puppy/kitten mill bills were introduced by Representative Frank Hornstein (author of the previous bill) in the Minnesota
House of Representatives and Senator Don Betzold in the Minnesota Senate.
H.F. 2469 and S.F. 2292 are slightly different from the previous breeder bills introduced
earlier this year. The definition of “breeder” makes it clearer that it covers those people who are in the business
of breeding puppies/kittens for sale, if they have 5 or more intact females for the purpose of breeding those females
to sell the litters. A notable change is that the details of the standards of care will be left to the rulemaking process
through the Board of Animal Health.
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H.F. 2469 and S.F. 2292 give state and local officials the ability to: (1) license and inspect
dog and cat breeders in Minnesota, (2) make sure those breeders meet specific standards of care, and (3) take appropriate
enforcement action to protect vulnerable dogs and cats from unscrupulous or negligent breeders.
Please contact your state senator and representative to let them know you do
not support this bill. The most effective way is to meet with them in person - make an appointment to visit them at the
Capitol. If you can't do that, talk with them (or their legislative assistant) via phone. Tell them why you do not support
the bill and also request that they oppose it . <http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html> to find out and get contact information.
Not sure who your legislators are? Click here
SF 121
SF 2292
HB 1046
HB 2469
USDA regulations
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