An Act banning the retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops
Reported by Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources · 30 cosponsors · 194th General Court · the legislature's own page
S2720 · Bill
9 actions
In the order the legislature recorded them.
| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | Reported from the committee on Environment and Natural Resources |
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | New draft of S618, S650 and S651 |
| 2025-11-19 | Senate | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3014 |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Also based on S640, S1022 and S1190 |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Order relative to subject matter adopted |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2026 |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Read second |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | New draft substituted, see S3014 |
1 amendments filed
1 adopted, as amended
| No. | Title | Moved by | Outcome |
|---|
| Senate 1 | An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safety | Senate Committee on Ways and Means | Adopted, as Amended |
2 committee votes
Environment and Natural Resources (J) · 2025-11-10 11:00 · Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft
Ways and Means (S) · 2026-03-12 11:00 · Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft
Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.
Committee actions
Cosponsors
In the order filed.
Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.