An act relating to animals, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 4335            By: Moore

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to animals; providing that a county,

    municipality, or an agency shall have certain limited

8   authority over retail pet shops; amending 4 O.S.

    2021, Section 30.8, which relates to animal shelter

9   operators and commercial pet breeders; changing

    timeline for certain required notices; and providing

10  an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 30.17 of Title 4, unless there

16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  A county or municipality, or any agency thereof may:

18  1. Adopt or enforce rules, administrative regulations, codes,

19 or ordinances relating to the operations of a retail pet shop;

20 provided the pet shop is in compliance with the Commercial Pet

21 Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act and other applicable

22 rules, regulation, codes, or ordinances; and

23  2. Regulate and inspect retail pet stores but may not ban or

24 otherwise effectively prohibit a retail pet shop or retail pet shop

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1 owner for selling dogs and cats within the county or municipality

2 unless the shop or owner has received three or more convictions over

3 five (5) years for violating the Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal

4 Shelter Licensing Act.

5   SECTION 2.      AMENDATORY    4 O.S. 2021, Section 30.8, is

6 amended to read as follows:

7   Section 30.8. A. An animal shelter operator or commercial pet

8 breeder who is not in violation of the Commercial Pet Breeders and

9 Animal Shelter Licensing Act or any rule adopted under the

10 Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act may renew

11 the license of the person by:

12  1. Submitting a renewal application to the Oklahoma Department

13 of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry on the form prescribed by the

14 Department;

15  2. Complying with any other renewal requirements adopted by the

16 Department; and

17  3. Paying the required fee.

18  B. Any person who fails to apply for a renewal in a manner

19 prescribed by the Department, and whose license has expired, may not

20 engage in activities that require a license until the license has

21 been renewed.

22  C. Not later than sixty (60) ninety (90) days before the

23 expiration of the license, the Department shall send written notice

24 of the impending license expiration to the animal shelter operator

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1 or commercial pet breeder at the last-known address according to the

2 records of the Department.

3   SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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