2013 Breed Specific Legislation
Year in Review
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In 2012, everyone felt the tide was turning against breed
discriminatory laws. This year is no different. The following
is a list of confirmed passages, repeals and refusals of breed
discriminatory laws in 2013.
In 2013, three states passed laws on the state level that
prohibit breed discriminatory laws. Connecticut, Nevada
and Rhode Island joined the other states that had previously
outlawed breed discrimination on the state level.
This year we saw the effects of Massachusetts’ 2012
passage of a law prohibiting breed discriminatory laws, with
all the municipalities in the state repealing their laws, instead
of attempting to fight to keep them. Boston was the only
municipality that made an attempt to create an exemption in
the state law that failed. There are still a few that need to
be confirmed as having removed their laws from the books
officially. Those listed are ones that have been confirmed
as removed from the cities code of ordinances via e-mail or
phone.
The following municipalities in Massachusetts repealed
their breed discriminatory laws, to be in compliance with
the state law:
• Amesbury
• Boston
• Canton
• Everett
• Haverhill
• Lynn
• Medway
• Rockland
• Winthrop
• Whitman
The following municipalities have repealed a breed
discriminatory law in 2013:
• Basehor, Kansas
• Osawatomie, Kansas
• Garnett, Kansas
• Riverside Missouri
• Annapolis, Missouri
• Waunakee, Wisconsin
• Darlington, Wisconsin
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Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Wooster, Ohio
Pickering, Ohio
Orrville, Ohio
Welsh, Louisiana
The following places had a partial repeal of their breed
discriminatory laws:
• Newark, Ohio
• Bloomer, Wisconsin
• Dodge City, Kansas
The following places rejected breed discriminatory
laws:
• Waterloo, Iowa
• Camanche, Iowa
• Ringstead, Iowa
• Baker City, Oregon
• Breckenridge, Colorado
• Greybull, Wyoming
• Watertown, Wisconsin
• Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
• Rockaway Beach, Missouri
• Westwego, Louisiana
• Columbus, Nebraska
• Great Bend, Kansas
• Manderson, Wyoming (rejected adding additional
breeds to existing ban)
• Flint, Michigan
• Lansing, Michigan
• Royal Oak, Michigan
• Broward County, Florida
• Bronwood, Georgia
The following states had failed attempts to pass breed
discriminatory laws at the state level or to repeal state level
prohibitions on BDL:
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• Rhode Island
• Oklahoma
• Massachusetts
The following places passed a breed discriminatory
law:
• Rivers