Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

510 ILCS 5/3.10 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Provides that a person shall not 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, except for a therapeutic purpose. Provides that the Department of Agriculture shall subject a person who violates the provisions to a civil penalty of $500 for a first violation, $1,000 for a second violation, and $2,500 for a third or subsequent violation.

House Committee Amendment No. 1

	Deletes reference to:
	510 ILCS 5/3.10 new

	Adds reference to:
	510 ILCS 70/3.10 new

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes that these provisions do not apply to a person who performs a procedure solely for a therapeutic purpose. Provides that surgical claw removal, declawing, or a tendonectomy on any cat or otherwise altering a cat's toes, claws, or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of the cat's toes, claws, or paws may only be performed by a veterinarian licensed under the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 for therapeutic purposes for the cat. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/27/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández
1/31/2023	House	First Reading
1/31/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/3/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
2/3/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
2/6/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2/7/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Aarón M. Ortíz
2/10/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
2/10/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
2/28/2023	House	Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/6/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Barbara Hernández
3/6/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/6/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
3/7/2023	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 005-003-000
3/7/2023	House	Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 005-003-000
3/8/2023	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/14/2023	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/14/2023	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/14/2023	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
3/15/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anna Moeller
3/15/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner
3/16/2023	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason
3/16/2023	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 067-038-001
3/21/2023	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/21/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/21/2023	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
3/21/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
3/21/2023	Senate	First Reading
3/21/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
3/12/2024	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
1/7/2025	House	Session Sine Die

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