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Bill Status: Died |
 | Non-Economic Damages Bill Number: HI S.B. 1301 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Allows for recovery of non-economic damages for serious emotional distress arising out of harm to a companion animal. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Ban on Trapping Bill Number: HI H.B. 278 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Bans the use of legholds, conibears and snares in the capture of animals except for use by state, federal, or county officials in protecting public health and safety. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Mandatory Spay/Neuter for Cats Bill Number: HI H.B. 2329 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Requires that all cats over the age of 6 months be spayed/neutered; establishes system for permits for intact cats and breeding permits; establishes low cost spay/neuter fund. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Dogfighting Bill Number: HI S.B. 2133 & H.B. 2476 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Prohibits wagering at a dogfight; prohibits transporting, breeding, selling, transferring or equipping a dog with the intent to fight the dog; prohibits allowing any dog used for fights to be kept, boarded, housed, trained on, or transported in any property; prohibits advertising a dogfight; prohibits possessing devices intended to enhance a dog’s fighting ability. Makes all of these offenses Class C Felonies. Imposes enhanced penalties for subsequent offenses. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Vegetarian School Lunches Bill Number: HI S.B. 2136 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Requires the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, and Hawaii School Food Service, to develop nutritionally-sound public school menu plans that give students the option of a vegetarian school lunch meal. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Consumption of Dogs and Cats Bill Number: HI S.B. 3222 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Makes it a Class C felony to consume a dog or cat. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Felony Cockfighting Bill Number: HI S.B. 2552 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Makes cockfighting a Class C felony. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Pet Lemon Law Bill Number: HI H.B. 3240 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Requires pet dealers to provide purchasers of dogs and cats with written statements of the animal's medical history, including information about the breeder; sets housing and exercise requirements for dog and cat dealers; requires dealers to microchip and license dogs and cats prior to sale; establishes remedies for purchasers who purchase dogs with a pre-existing disease or condition; requires pet dealers to provide purchasers with notice of their rights; requires dealers to post on dogs’ cages the state where the dog was bred; establishes similar requirements for breeders who sell 3 or more litters or 20 or more dogs a year. |
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Bill Status: Signed into Law |
 | Cruelty to Horses Bill Number: HI S.B. 2895 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Adds horses to the list of “pet animals” who are covered by the felony animal cruelty provision. |
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Bill Status: Signed into Law |
 | Animal Hoarding Bill Number: HI S.B. 3203 HSUS Position: Support Legislature Status: Adjourned

Makes it a misdemeanor to hoard 20 or more dogs or cats without providing necessary sustenance for them and with a disregard for the deleterious impact the conditions have on the animals' and the owner’s health and well-being. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Bans Feeding Feral Cats Bill Number: HI S.B. 2017 HSUS Position: Oppose Legislature Status: Adjourned

Prohibits feeding feral cats; imposes a $1,000 fine. |
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Bill Status: Died |
 | Resolution Supporting Cockfighting Bill Number: HI HCR 180 & HR 153 HSUS Position: Oppose Legislature Status: Adjourned

Requesting the General Assembly of the United Nations to commemorate cockfighting as a global sport. |
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