Illinois Compiled Statutes
225 ILCS 605/1 (2026)
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Welfare Act
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(225 ILCS 605/1)
(from Ch. 8, par. 301)
Sec. 1.
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Animal Welfare Act.
(Source: P.A. 78-900.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2025–2026 · leading case: Humane Farming Ass'n v. Boone Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (4th) 241213-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025).
Humane Farming Ass'n v. Boone Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (4th) 241213-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “Specifically, HFA and SHARK asked the court to order defendants to deny TUPs to any event operators proven to have caused the intentional harm of animals or to have violated the Animal Welfare Act (225 ILCS 605/1 et seq. (West 2022)) or the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS…”
Erickson (C.D. Ill. 2026). “Violation of Illinois Animal Welfare Act Though Erickson does not explicitly bring a claim for violation of the Illinois Animal Welfare Act, 225 ILCS 605/1–605/22, she references it throughout the First Amended Complaint, asserting that the seizure of her animals violated the…”
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