Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1478
       
       
        
       By Senator Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00917-24                                            20241478__
    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 the terms
    4         “pet store” and “sell or offer for sale”; prohibiting
    5         pet stores from selling or offering for sale domestic
    6         dogs and cats; providing penalties; providing
    7         construction; providing an effective date.
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    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 business that sells or offers for
   16  sale animals to the public at retail for profit. 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 that is more stringent than
   30  this section.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.