It's an issue that's made lawmakers fight like cats and dogs in the pastβ¦.and it's back.
Democratic Senator Dean Florez has introduced legislation would require most pet owners to have their cats and dogs spayed or neutered.
Florez says for those pet-owners who don't want their animals to be fixed, there is the option of buying a special license:
Florez: "This simply says, if you want to have your dog, not in the category of spay or neuter, you simply receive - go to your locality and ask for that special license and say I'd like to have my dog unaltered. I'd like to breed my dog. And I think it's really a higher level of responsibility."
Florez says it would be up to each county to determine how much a license would cost.
Similar versions of this legislation have failed in the legislature in the past.
Breeders argued it was unfair and would hurt their business.
