BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: SB 986
Author: Ridley-Thomas (D)
Amended: 1/7/08
Vote: 21
SENATE BUS., PROF. & ECON. DEVELOP. COMMITTEE : 5-0,
1/14/08
AYES: Ridley-Thomas, Calderon, Florez, Simitian, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Corbett, Denham, Harman
SUBJECT : Pet stores
SOURCE : Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
DIGEST : This bill revises the definition of a pet store
to exclude the selling or offering for sale animals for
purposes directly related to an agricultural operation as
defined.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
1.Establishes the Pet Store Animal Care Act (Act),
which regulates the care and maintenance of animals
in the custody of a pet store and provides limits on
the sale or transfer of those animals.
CONTINUED
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2.Provides that the Legislature does not intend, by
this Act, to regulate the care of handling of
animals in or on farms, ranches, livestock or horse
auctions, livestock markets, slaughtering
facilities, or any place other than pet stores.
3.Defines a "pet store" as any retail establishment
open to the public and selling or offering for sale
of animals.
This bill revises the definition of "pet store" in the
Pet Store Animal Care Act to exclude the selling or
offering for sale animals for purposes directly
related to an agricultural operation for the
commercial growing and harvesting of crops or the
raising of livestock or poultry on a farm or a ranch.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 1/23/08)
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (source)
PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the Pet Industry
Joint Advisory Council, the sponsor, this bill is a minor
clean-up to last year's AB 1347 (Caballero), Chapter 703,
Statutes of 2007, which enacted the Act that will go into
effect on January 1, 2009. This bill in its current form
addresses a request made by the California Department of
Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to ensure that agricultural
establishments are not considered pet stores for purposes
of the Act. As the Sponsor indicates, the Act included
this exemption in intent language, but it did not include
the agricultural exclusion in the text of the law itself.
As a condition of CDFA's support for AB 1347, it was agreed
that the agricultural exclusion language be placed in the
substantive text of the law itself. This bill takes care
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of that issue in a way that "pet store" is defined in the
new law.
JJA:do 1/23/08 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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