HB 1736: SPAY AND NEUTER SPECIAL FUND; CAT STERILIZATION; COUNTIES; ANIMAL CONTROL; INCOME CHECK-OFF; APPROPRIATION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-02-06: Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 41-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.)
Introduced
First Committee Review
First Chamber
Second Committee Review
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
Version:
Establishes the Spay and Neuter Special Fund to reduce pet overpopulation, including the free-roaming cat population, and authorizes an income tax designation to provide revenues into the special fund. Requires cats over the age of five months to be surgically sterilized and prohibits cats that are not surgically sterilized from being brought into the State, with certain exceptions. Appropriates funds.
Discussed in Hearing
18MINFeb 4, 2026