2015 Senate Bill 403

Revise dog and cat euthanasia regulations

Introduced in the Senate

June 16, 2015

Introduced by Sen. Marty Knollenberg (R-13)

To require an animal control or protection shelter to use only injections of a commercially prepared solution for euthanizing a dog or cat.

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

May 25, 2016

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Oct. 19, 2016

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To require an animal control or protection shelter to use only injections of a commercially prepared solution for euthanizing a dog or cat. The use of gas chambers would be banned, although reportedly they are already no longer used.

Received in the House

Oct. 19, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform