Rep Hernandez (right) with Marc Ayers of HSUS

Illinois Anti-Declaw Bill Passes House

Illinois Anti-Declaw Bill, HB 1533, Passes House– March 16, 2023 – Illinois Anti-Declaw Bill HB 1533 passed the Illinois House of Representatives with a floor vote of 67-38. The bill would make non-therapeutic declawing illegal and...
Representative Mike Bordes, holding leash

New Hampshire Anti-Declaw Bill Advances to House Floor

New Hampshire Anti-Declaw Bill, HB 231, Advances to Floor Vote – March 6, 2023 – New Hampshire Anti-Declaw Bill HB 231 received a 9-9 vote by the New Hampshire House Environment and Agriculture Committee and...
DC Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh

Declawing To Be Illegal in District of Columbia

Washington, DC Passes Local Declaw Ban – December 20, 2022 – Washington, DC is set to become the 15th local jurisdiction to ban declawing. The ordinance was passed on December 20 by a...
Stop Declawing

Allentown Bans Declawing

Allentown, Pennsylvania Passes No-Declaw Law – November 16, 2022 – Allentown, PA is the 14th city to ban declawing. The ordinance was passed on November 16 by a unanimous vote from Allentown's City Council....
Governor John Carney

Delaware Landlords Can No Longer Require Declawing

Delaware Anti-Declaw "Landlord" Bill, HB 386, Signed by Governor – October 26, 2022 – Delaware landlords can no longer require tenants' cats be declawed as a condition of tenancy after Governor John Carney signed House Bill...