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510 ILCS 70/1 (2026)

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Humane Care for Animals Act"

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(510 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 8, par. 701)
    Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Humane Care for Animals Act".
(Source: P.A. 78-905.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: People v. Dixon, 721 N.E.2d 1172 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999).
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People v. Dixon, 721 N.E.2d 1172 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 2× “Section 55 amends the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/1 through 16 (West 1994)) by making it a crime to injure a guide dog (Pub.”
People v. Kirkpatrick, 2020 IL App (5th) 160422 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “¶2 BACKGROUND ¶3 In June 2015, the State filed an information charging the defendant with numerous violations of the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/1 et seq. (West 2014)) and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 (225 ILCS 115/1 et seq.”
People v. Collier, 2020 IL App (1st) 162519 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “The Humane Care for Animals Act provides that “[n]o person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment, starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal.” Id. § 3.”
Kirkpatrick v. Cnty. of Williamson, Illinois (S.D. Ill. 2023). “In June 2015, the Williamson County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Kirkpatrick with numerous violations of the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/1, et seq.) and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 (225 ILCS 115/1, et seq.”
Humane Farming Ass'n v. Boone Cnty. Bd., 2025 IL App (4th) 241213-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “(West 2022)) or the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/1 et seq. (West 2022)). Third, they sought administrative review of defendants’ decisions to issue TUPs for the events on April 15, 2023, and June 10, 2023.”
Erickson (C.D. Ill. 2026). “But even if the statement about whether Erickson refused permission was omitted from the affidavit, the affidavit would still establish probable cause to believe Erickson had committed violations of the Humane Care for Animals Act, 510 ILCS 70/1 to 70/18, and municipal…”
People v. Dixon (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “Section 55 amends the Humane Care for Animals Act (510 ILCS 70/1 through 16 (West 1994)) by making it a crime to injure a guide dog (Pub.”
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