Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 800
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00573-23                                             2023800__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the retail sale of domestic dogs
    3         and cats; creating s. 828.32, F.S.; defining terms;
    4         prohibiting pet stores from selling or offering for
    5         sale domestic dogs and cats; providing civil
    6         penalties; providing construction; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 828.32, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         828.32 Retail sale of domestic dogs and cats.—
   14         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   15         (a) “Pet store” means a for-profit business that sells or
   16  offers for sale animals to the public at retail. The term does
   17  not include a person who sells or offers for sale directly to
   18  the public only animals that the person bred and raised.
   19         (b) “Sell or offer for sale” means to advertise or display
   20  for sale, barter, or trade.
   21         (2) A pet store may not sell or offer for sale a domestic
   22  dog or cat.
   23         (3) The sale or offer for sale of a domestic dog or cat in
   24  violation of this section is a noncriminal violation, punishable
   25  as provided in s. 775.083. Each such sale or offer for sale
   26  constitutes a separate offense.
   27         (4) This section does not prohibit the enactment or
   28  enforcement of a municipal or county ordinance restricting the
   29  sale or offer for sale of animals which is more stringent than
   30  this section.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.