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Committee advances bill requiring animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online
Summary
AB 631 would require shelters to publish counts of animals taken in, intake sources, and outcomes on their websites; proponents said the data is needed to understand and target funding for pet overpopulation and disease response, while implementation details for small shelters remain to be resolved.
Assemblymember Laura Friedman Lee presented AB 631 to require animal shelters to post specified intake and outcome data on their websites, including the number of animals admitted, source of intake and disposition outcomes.
Lee said publicly available shelter data is essential for policy decisions, resource allocation and outbreak response. Nicholas Sackett of Social Compassion in Legislation said state data collection…
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