SB 1023: SPAY AND NEUTER SPECIAL FUND; CAT STERILIZATION; COUNTIES; ANIMAL CONTROL; INCOME CHECK-OFF; APPROPRIATION
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-03-27
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-03-30: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Final Decking
Enacted
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 five months of age to be surgically sterilized unless covered by an intact cat declaration, and conditions the importation of intact cats on state and county declaration requirements, with certain exceptions. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Discussed in Hearing
3MINHouse Standing Committee on Culture & Arts
9MINHouse Standing Committee on Culture & Arts
14MINHouse Standing Committee on Agriculture & Food Systems
25MINSenate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Environment
25MINSenate Standing Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
25MIN