Petfax Act of 2026

This bill would require businesses that sell dogs or cats bred by federally licensed dealers, including online sellers, to give buyers information before the sale about where the animal came from and its health history. That information would include the breeder's name, license number, recent Animal Welfare Act violations, vaccines, and known diseases or birth defects. Nonprofit rescue groups that pay for animals would have to tell adopters what they paid and who they got the animal from. The Federal Trade Commission would enforce these rules and treat misrepresenting an animal's source as a deceptive practice. The bill would also bar the Department of Agriculture from licensing family members, housemates, or related businesses to run a dog or cat dealer facility at a site where a dealer's license was suspended or revoked in the last 10 years, with some exceptions.

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Sponsors

• Deborah K. Ross Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors