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SB1082 • 2026

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform. Effective date.

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2025-02-25
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Archer (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform. Effective date.

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform.

What This Bill Does

  • Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1082 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Archer (principal House author)

  2. 2025-02-20 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

  4. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife

  5. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act; requiring the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to provide certain platform. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1082 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2025)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 17, 2025

SENATE BILL NO. 1082 By: Murdock

An Act relating to Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal
Shelter Licensing Act; amending 4 O.S. 2021, Section
30.8, which relates to expiration and renewal of
license; extending time for renewal; requiring the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry to provide certain platform; and providing
an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 4 O.S. 2021, Section 30.8, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 30.8. A. An animal shelter operator or commercial pet
breeder who is not in violation of the Commercial Pet Breeders and
Animal Shelter Licensing Act or any rule adopted under the
Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act may renew
the license of the person by:
1. Submitting a renewal application to the Oklahoma Department
of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry on the form prescribed by the
Department;
2. Complying with any other renewal requirements adopted by the
Department; and

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3. Paying the required fee.
B. Any person who fails to apply for a renewal in a manner
prescribed by the Department, and whose license has expired, may not
engage in activities that require a license until the license has
been renewed.
C. Not later than sixty (60) ninety (90) days before the
expiration of the license, the Department shall send written notice
of the impending license expiration to the animal shelter operator
or commercial pet breeder at the last-known address according to the
records of the Department.
D. The Department shall provide an online renewal and payment
platform on or before January 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE
February 17, 2025 - DO PASS