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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.

DateBranchAction
2025-11-19SenateReported from the committee on Environment and Natural Resources
2025-11-19SenateNew draft of S618, S650 and S651
2025-11-19SenateBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
2026-03-12SenateCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting a new draft, see S3014
2026-03-12SenateAlso based on S640, S1022 and S1190
2026-03-12SenateOrder relative to subject matter adopted
2026-03-12SenatePlaced in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 19, 2026
2026-03-19SenateRead second
2026-03-19SenateNew draft substituted, see S3014

1 amendments filed

1 adopted, as amended

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
Senate 1An Act promoting pet equity, treatment and safetySenate Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted, as Amended

2 committee votes

Environment and Natural Resources (J)  ·  2025-11-10 11:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 5

Ways and Means (S)  ·  2026-03-12 11:00  ·  Ought to pass – by substitution of a New Draft

favorable · 17

reserve right · 1

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
RedraftEnvironment and Natural Resources (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (S)

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.