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IntroducedMar 09, 2023
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Passed HouseMar 14, 2023
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ARKANSAS RETAIL PET STORE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 1991; AND TO PREEMPT CERTAIN LAWS CONCERNING RETAIL PET STORES.
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Senate • Mar 29, 2023: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
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Comments on HB 1591
Bruce Sklar wrote 5 days ago
The majority of puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills: intensive breeding facilities where there is little concern for the health and wellbeing of the animals. Families who purchase puppies from stores are often burdened with pet health problems that can cost thousands of dollars in veterinary visits to treat and can lead to a lifetime of medical complications. At a time when so many Arkansas shelters are overwhelmed, the state should not be forcing communities to accept the import of puppy mill puppies. It seeks to protect a cruel industry while harming animals and consumers who are so often wronged by the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline. Also In addition to the animal welfare concerns, pet store puppies have also been linked to human disease outbreaks, including two superbug outbreaks of drug-resistant Campylobacter infections that resulted in dozens of people becoming so ill that they required hospitalization.
The majority of puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills: intensive breeding facilities where there is little concern for the health and wellbeing of the animals. Families who purchase puppies from stores are often burdened with pet health problems that can cost thousands of dollars in veterinary visits to treat and can lead to a lifetime of medical complications. At a time when so many Arkansas shelters are overwhelmed, the state should not be forcing communities to accept the import of puppy mill puppies. It seeks to protect a cruel industry while harming animals and consumers who are so often wronged by the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline. Also In addition to the animal welfare concerns, pet store puppies have also been linked to human disease outbreaks, including two superbug outbreaks of drug-resistant Campylobacter infections that resulted in dozens of people becoming so ill that they required hospitalization.
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Votes
YES: 86
- Achor
- F. Allen
- Andrews
- Barker
- Beaty Jr.
- Beck
- Bentley
- M. Berry
- S. Berry
- Breaux
- Brooks
- K. Brown
- M. Brown
- Burkes
- Joey Carr
- John Carr
- Cavenaugh
- A. Collins
- C. Cooper
- Cozart
- Crawford
- Dalby
- Duffield
- Duke
- Eaves
- Ennett
- Evans
- D. Ferguson
- K. Ferguson
- C. Fite
- L. Fite
- V. Flowers
- Fortner
- Furman
- Gazaway
- Gonzales
- Haak
- D. Hodges
- G. Hodges
- Holcomb
- Hudson
- Jean
- L. Johnson
- Ladyman
- Long
- Lundstrum
- Lynch
- Maddox
- Magie
- J. Mayberry
- McAlindon
- McCollum
- M. McElroy
- McGrew
- B. McKenzie
- S. Meeks
- Milligan
- J. Moore
- K. Moore
- Nicks
- Painter
- Pearce
- Perry
- Pilkington
- Puryear
- Ray
- J. Richardson
- Richmond
- Rose
- Rye
- Schulz
- Scott
- R. Scott Richardson
- T. Shephard
- Steimel
- Tosh
- Underwood
- Unger
- Vaught
- Walker
- Warren
- Watson
- Wing
- Womack
- Wooldridge
- Wooten
NO: 0
ABSTAIN: 6
NOT VOTING: 8
Actions
- Mar 29, 2023 | Senate
- Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- Mar 14, 2023 | Senate
- Received from the House.
- Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
- Mar 14, 2023 | House
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Mar 13, 2023 | House
- Returned by the Committee Do Pass
- Mar 09, 2023 | House
- Filed
- Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE
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