Florida SB 1004: High School Equivalency Diplomas

Bill Text

1004 
Domestic Animals 
2026-03-18T07:12:29Z 
Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website specified information relating to each individual convicted of specified animal cruelty offenses; extending the timeframe for which a consumer may pursue remedies for the sale of an animal certifiably unfit for purchase; requiring a pet dealer to provide copies of specified medical records to a consumer; requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to develop a list of best management practices for adoption and implementation, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to domestic animals; amending s. 
 3 828.12, F.S.; requiring the Department of Law 
 4 Enforcement to post on its website specified 
 5 information relating to each individual convicted of 
 6 specified animal cruelty offenses; requiring the clerk 
 7 of each court and county detention facility to provide 
 8 the Department of Law Enforcement with such 
 9 information; amending s. 828.29, F.S.; extending the 
 10 timeframe for which a consumer may pursue remedies for 
 11 the sale of an animal certifiably unfit for purchase; 
 12 revising such remedies; requiring that all financing 
 13 terms be disclosed to the consumer by the pet dealer 
 14 before the sale of the animal; deleting certain 
 15 provisions relating to a consumer’s waiver 
 16 relinquishing his or her rights to return an animal; 
 17 requiring a pet dealer to provide copies of specified 
 18 medical records to a consumer; denying a consumer the 
 19 right to a refund or an exchange for a pet sale under 
 20 certain circumstances; extending the timeframe within 
 21 which a consumer must notify the pet dealer of a 
 22 veterinarian’s determination that the animal is unfit; 
 23 authorizing the consumer to initiate an action in 
 24 certain courts for any contestation of veterinary 
 25 expenses or demands of the pet dealer for a refund or 
 26 exchange; providing for the award of punitive damages; 
 27 revising requirements for a required notice to a 
 28 consumer; revising the text of the required notice; 
 29 revising the definition of the term “pet dealer”; 
 30 requiring a pet dealer to retain a copy of a specified 
 31 notice for a specified period; providing that 
 32 violations constitute an unfair method of competition 
 33 or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation 
 34 of specified provisions and subject to penalties; 
 35 creating s. 828.291, F.S.; providing a legislative 
 36 purpose; providing construction; requiring the 
 37 Department of Business and Professional Regulation to 
 38 develop a list of best management practices for 
 39 adoption and implementation; specifying requirements 
 40 for such best management practices; requiring the 
 41 department to post guidance on its website related to 
 42 the selection of breeders and the purchase of an 
 43 animal; requiring the department to post information 
 44 on its website relating to animal cruelty; providing 
 45 requirements for such information; providing an 
 46 effective date. 
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 48 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 50 Section 1. Subsection (7) of section 828.12, Florida 
 51 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (8) is added to that 
 52 section, to read: 
 53 828.12 Cruelty to animals.— 
 54 (7) By Beginning January 1, 2027 2026, the Department of 
 55 Law Enforcement shall post on its website, in a searchable 
 56 format prescribed by the department, the names and any aliases, 
 57 the date of birth, the race, the counties of conviction, the 
 58 charges, the case numbers, the dispositions, the description of 
 59 any identifying marks and tattoos, and a photograph taken at the 
 60 time of booking related to the animal cruelty offense of each 
 61 individual those individuals who has have been convicted of, or 
 62 who has have entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, 
 63 regardless of adjudication, a violation of this section. 
 64 (8) Each clerk of court and county detention facility must 
 65 provide the Department of Law Enforcement with the information, 
 66 data, and images required in subsection (7). 
 67 Section 2. Subsections (5) through (8), (10), (12), (13), 
 68 and (17) of section 828.29, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 
 69 subsections (18) and (19) are added to that section, to read: 
 70 828.29 Dogs and cats transported or offered for sale; 
 71 health requirements; consumer guarantee; disclosures.— 
 72 (5) If, within 30 14 days after following the sale by a pet 
 73 dealer of an animal subject to this section, a licensed 
 74 veterinarian of the consumer’s choosing certifies that, at the 
 75 time of the sale, the animal was unfit for purchase due to 
 76 illness or disease, the presence of symptoms of a contagious or 
 77 infectious disease, or the presence of internal or