Assembly Bill 1073
Prohibiting cat declawing procedures
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 3, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits persons, including veterinarians and veterinary technicians, from performing a declawing procedure on a cat, except for a declawing procedure performed for therapeutic purposes, as determined by a veterinarian. The bill defines “declawing procedures” as onychectomies, partial or complete phalangectomies, partial digital amputations, tendonectomies, or other procedures to prevent the normal functioning of a cat's toes, claws, or paws.
Current law requires a person to have a license or permit from the Veterinary Examining Board to practice veterinary medicine, and current law authorizes the examining board to discipline veterinarians and veterinary technicians for violating laws related to the practice of veterinary medicine.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . 11 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 3, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 3, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 3, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Emerson, Shelton, Pope, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Baldeh, Billings, Cabral-Guevara, Doyle, Riemer, Spreitzer and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Erpenbach and Smith
- Mar 3, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor