Introduced by Rep. Hank Vaupel R-Fowlerville on May 1, 2018
To prohibit animal shelters and pet shops from selling or transferring a dog unless it is at least eight weeks old, has a health certificate and implanted microchip ID, and unless the seller can document it was obtained from an animal control shelter, animal protection shelter, dog retailer, or a USDA-approved breeder that is not an unlicensed “large-scale dog breeding kennel". Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Agriculture Committee on May 1, 2018
Reported in the House on May 16, 2018
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.