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Animal Advocates Radio
“Voices Carry For Animals #340”on
Jan 27th @7:00 PM est
Hosted by Debbie Dahmer
Guest will be: Kate MacFall– Florida State Director for The Humane Society of the United States
TOPIC: UPDATE: FL HB 849 & SB 994 Pet Protection- Preemption bill meant to protect and keep puppy millers in business
FL HB 849 -Pet Protection; https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/849
Requires licensure of pet stores; requires DBPR to adopt procedures for such licensure; regulates sale or transfer of household pets by pet stores; limits sources from which pet stores may acquire pets for sale; requires DBPR to conduct periodic inspections of pet stores & audit sales records; revises importation, sterilization, & reporting requirements of certain public or private entities.
SB 994: Pet Protection https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/994
Creating the “Florida Pet Protection Act”; requiring the licensure of retail pet stores; limiting the sources from which retail pet stores may acquire household pets for specified purposes; requiring the DBPR to conduct periodic inspections of retail pet stores and to audit sales records; requiring the department to deny a retail pet store license under certain circumstances; prohibiting county and municipal ordinances and regulations from prohibiting or regulating the breeding, purchase, or sale of certain working dogs, etc.
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