2010 Legislation

SB 570 Primates; prohibits any person from acquiring after July 1, 2010, penalty.

This bill takes an existing regulation/laws regulating wolf hybrids and their care, and adds paragraphs to ban non human primates to the existing regulation.

Sponsor Democrat Patricia S. Ticer, 30th District

Summary as introduced:
Ownership of primates; penalty. Prohibits any person from acquiring a non-human primate, which includes gorillas, apes, chimpanzees, orangutans, and monkeys. The ownership of primates by zoos, nature centers, museums, registered exhibitors and laboratories, parks, and research facilities is exempted from the prohibition. Persons who currently own primates must register with animal control. An initial violation of the provision is a Class 3 misdemeanor and any subsequent violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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Status:
01/13/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101342D
01/13/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

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