
Legislation – State Bills
Strengthening Laws that Protect Animals and Striking Down Laws Hurting Animals
The Animal Legal Defense Fund works at the state and local levels to advance important legislation. We advocate for laws that promote or protect the lives and interests of animals, and we oppose legislation that would be detrimental to animals’ well-being.
We also work closely with the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s other programs to identify opportunities to create model legislation that address strategic legal issues in the areas of civil and criminal law, and monitor legislation that impacts animals at the state and local levels.
State Bills

Cat Declaw Ban (Michigan)

Cat Declawing Ban (Illinois)

An Act to Increase Kennel Safety (Massachusetts)

An Act concerning the surgical declawing of cats and other animals (New Jersey)

An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (Massachusetts)

Providing Shelter to Companion Animals in Disasters (California)

Expanding Cruelty-Free Testing (California)

Mass Animal Fund (Massachusetts)

An Act Related to Pesticides (California)

Low-Carbon Fuel Standard regulations: biogas derived from livestock manure (California)

The California Animal Protection Enforcement Act (California)

Prohibiting harmful practices and devices at rodeos (Los Angeles, CA)

Humane Protection of Animals Act (Massachusetts)

Promote Alternatives to Cosmetics and Product Testing on Animals (Massachusetts)

Animal Possession Ban (Massachusetts)

Protecting Animals Used in Circuses (Massachusetts)

Ordinance to Prohibit the Sale of Guinea Pigs in Pet Shops (Boston, Massachusetts)

Ensure That Dogs and Their Families Can Stay Together (Massachusetts)

Ryder’s Law

An Act Concerning the Feeding of Black Bear (New Jersey)

Oppose: SJR 3 Puts Ohio Wildlife in Danger (Ohio)

Protect Domestic Animals from Cruel Conditions with Civil Citations (Massachusetts)

Protecting Animals from Rat Poisons (Massachusetts)

Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Illinois)

Banning the Sale of Fur (Massachusetts)

Banning Killing Contests (New York)

Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (New Jersey)
