MD Anti-Declaw Bill to go to Governor – April 4, 2022 – Maryland’s Anti-Declaw Bills, SB67 and HB22, have passed with strong bipartisan votes in both of Maryland’s legislative chambers. The bills would make nontherapeutic declawing illegal and were authored by State Senator Cheryl Kagan and State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian. Paw Project Director and Founder […]

MD Anti-Declaw Bill, SB67, Approved by Senate Floor Vote – February 21, 2022 – Maryland’s Anti-Declaw Bill, SB67, passed with a 32-14 bipartisan vote by the entire Maryland Senate. The bill would make nontherapeutic declawing illegal and was authored by State Senator Cheryl Kagan. Paw Project Director and Founder Dr. Jennifer Conrad provided testimony at

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