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House Bill 556

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Last Action floor amendment (1) filed
Title AN ACT relating to cat declawing.
Bill Documents Bill
Bill Request Number 2078
Sponsors J. Donohue, S. Westrom
Summary of Original Version Create an new section of KRS Chapter 258 to define "cat," "veterinarian," and "declawing"; prohibit anyone other than a licensed veterinarian from performing a declaw procedure on a cat; require informing the cat's owner of the physical consequences of declawing to the cat and options to declawing.
Index Headings of Original Version Trade Practices and Retailing - Cats, declawing, veterinarians, informed consent for procedure
Veterinarians - Cats, declawing, veterinarians, informed consent for procedure
Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cats, declawing, informed consent for procedure
Proposed Amendments House Floor Amendment 1

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03/01/16
  • introduced in House
03/02/16
  • to Agriculture & Small Business (H)
03/14/16
  • posted in committee
03/16/16
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/17/16
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
03/18/16
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 21, 2016
03/23/16
  • floor amendment (1) filed

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Floor Amendment 1
Sponsor J. Hoover
Summary Allows veterinarians to use telehealth.
Index Headings Trade Practices and Retailing - Cats, declawing, veterinarians, informed consent for procedure
Veterinarians - Cats, declawing, veterinarians, informed consent for procedure
Animals, Livestock, and Poultry - Cats, declawing, informed consent for procedure

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