Minnesota pet shops would generally stop selling animals

A pet shop must not sell, offer, barter, auction, or otherwise transfer ownership of an animal. A pet shop is a pet dealer with a physical store that sells or offers animals to the public, including by appointment. A qualifying nonprofit humane society, animal control agency, or animal rescue and rehoming organization may use shop space to offer animals for adoption. The shop may not own those animals or charge for the space. A county, city, town, or township may adopt stricter rules, including a ban on animal transfers by pet dealers or others. The provision states that it takes effect August 1, 2026, and applies to acts on or after that date.

Some pet shops may continue selling or transferring animals if they meet the stated conditions. This applies to a pet shop that sold or offered animals from its physical premises for at least one year before the section takes effect. The shop must have sold or offered animals from its physical premises for at least one year before the section's effective date. Animals sold or offered on or after the effective date must come only from a state-licensed or USDA-licensed breeder. The shop must display the breeder's license number on the animal's enclosure. After three separate violations, the shop may no longer sell or transfer animals. The provision states that it takes effect August 1, 2026, and applies to acts on or after that date; the one-year history is measured before that date.

A pet dealer must give retail buyers written information about an animal and its breeder. The disclosure is for a retail purchaser of an animal from a pet dealer. The information includes breeder and broker details, animal identification and health information, and publicly available state or federal inspection reports for the breeder from the three years before purchase. Some identification details need not be provided for a mixed-breed animal if the dealer cannot obtain or determine them. The provision states that it takes effect August 1, 2026, and applies to acts on or after that date.