BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

HB 1936: Dog breeding practices

Providing humanitarian requirements for certain dog breeding practices.

Summary

Declares that: (1) Current Washington state laws are inadequate regarding the care and husbandry of dogs in puppy mills; (2) No Washington state agency currently regulates puppy mills; (3) The United States department of agriculture does not regulate puppy mills; and (4) An unfair fiscal burden is placed on city, county, and state taxpayers as well as government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, who are…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing humanitarian requirements for certain dog breeding practices;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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