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Animal Abuse Reporting (Texas)
HB 4330 did not advance in the 2021 legislative session. However, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is committed to refining the language of the bill to improve its chances for legislative success in the 2023 session. -
Empowering Municipalities to Address Pet Shops and Fight Puppy Mills (Connecticut)
Clarifies Connecticut towns and cities have the authority to place restrictions on pet shops, including passing retail pet sale bans to fight puppy mills -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Illinois)
The Illinois Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) bill, HB 1169, would provide for a volunteer attorney to advocate for cat and dog victims in cruelty cases. -
Banning Trapping (Vermont)
Restricts trapping and bans the use of dogs in hunting black bears -
Banning the Sale of Foie Gras (Rhode Island)
Prohibits restaurants and retailers from selling any force-fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product. -
Banning the Sale of Fur (Massachusetts)
Bans the sale of new fur products, including clothing, fashion accessories, and home décor, in the Commonwealth. -
Banning the Sale of Fur (Hawaii)
Bans the manufacture and sale of new fur products in Hawaii, reducing the demand driving the fur industry. -
Banning the sale of fur (Rhode Island)
In Rhode Island, An Act Relating to Criminal Offenses — Trade in Animal Fur Products Act (HB 5258/SB 746) would ban the sale of new fur products in the state, including fur clothing and fashion accessories. -
Ending the Intensive Confinement of Hens Used by the Egg Industry (New Mexico)
The Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens Act (SB 347) would require that, by 2022, hens used by the egg industry and raised in New Mexico live in cage-free conditions — outlawing battery cages — and that eggs sold in New Mexico meet this same standard. -
Ending the Intensive Confinement of Hens Used by the Egg Industry (Hawaii)
An Act Relating to Farm Animals (HB 538/SB 346) would ban the intensive confinement of hens used by the egg industry in Hawaii as well as ban the sale of eggs from hens kept in such cruel conditions by 2026.
