Connecticut 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 6267 — AN ACT CONCERNING CAT DECLAWING.

Last action — PUBLIC HEARING 0324

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General Assembly Proposed Bill No.
General Assembly Committee Bill No.
2926 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:
5707 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by:
REP.
(ENV) AN ACT CONCERNING CAT DECLAWING.
CHAFEE, 33rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CAT DECLAWING.
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit cat declawing.
Section 1.
Statement of Purpose:
(NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) For the purposes of this section:
To prohibit cat declawing.
(1) "Cat" means any animal of the taxonomic family Felidae;
(2) "Declawing" means conducting an onychectomy or any other surgical procedure to amputate or modify a portion of a cat's paw in order to remove such cat's claws;
(3) "Tendonectomy" means a procedure in which the tendons to a cat's limbs, paws or toes are cut or modified so that the normal functioning of the cat's claws is impaired;
and (4) "Therapeutic purpose" means a medically necessary procedure to address an existing or recurring infection, disease, injury or abnormal condition in the claws, nail bed or toe bone of a cat that otherwise jeopardizes the cat's health.
"Therapeutic purpose" does not include a procedure performed for a cosmetic or aesthetic purpose or to make the cat more convenient to keep or handle.
2926 1 of 1
5707 1 of 2 Committee Bill No.
6267 (b) No person shall perform surgical claw removal, declawing or a tendonectomy onany cat or otherwise alter any cat'stoes,claws or paws to prevent or impair the normal function of such cat's toes, claws or paws.
The provisionsofthis subsection shall not apply to any procedure performed solely for a therapeutic purpose.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for the first violation, one thousand dollars for a second violation and two thousand five hundred dollars for a third or any subsequent violation.
The provisions of this section may be enforced by the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agriculture and any municipality.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section October 1, 2025 New section Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit cat declawing.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:
REP.
CHAFEE, 33rd Dist.;
REP.
KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
REP.
DELNICKI, 14th Dist.
H.B.
6267 LCO No.
5707 2 of 2
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Action History

  1. PUBLIC HEARING 0324

  2. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment

  3. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  4. Vote to Draft

  5. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Environment

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