MD Anti-Declaw Bill, SB67, Approved by Committee – February 11, 2022 – MD Anti-Declaw Bill SB67 passed with a 10-1 bipartisan vote by the Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee. The bill would make nontherapeutic declawing illegal and was authored by State Senator Cheryl Kagan, who is also the Vice Chair on the […]

MN Landlord-Declaw Bill, SF 3076, Introduced – February 10, 2022 – Minnesota State Senator Scott Dibble has introduced SF 3076, which would prohibit landlords and property managers from requiring declawing of tenants’ cats as a condition of tenancy. The bill was patterned after the Paw Project-sponsored SB 1229, which was enacted in California in 2012.

AZ Anti-Declaw Bill, HB2224, Approved by Committee – February 9, 2022 – AZ Bill HB2224 was approved with a 10-3 bipartisan vote by the AZ House Committee on Government and Elections. The bill, which would prohibit nontherapeutic declawing, was authored by State Representative Amish Shah, MD and co-authored by Representative Jennifer L. Longdon, Representative John

Madison, Wisconsin Passes No-Declaw Law – December 7, 2021 – Madison is the 14th local government to ban declawing. The ordinance was passed on December 7 following a unanimous vote from Madison’s city council. It prohibits elective, non-therapeutic onychectomy on cats, effective immediately. The ordinance, which was authored by Alder Lindsay Lemmer, received support from

MA Anti-Declaw Bill, S222, Approved by Committee – November 4, 2021 – MA Bill S.222 was approved by the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. The bill was authored by State Senator Mark C. Montigny. Paw Project Director and Founder Dr. Jennifer Conrad provided testimony at the Committee hearing. The bill now has