Florida HB451 is already inciting controversy, even before the bill has found a committee. The piece of legislation makes mandatory the sterilization of all pets over the age of four months, with an included 30-day grace period. The bill also provides some dubious exemptions, including racing animals, such a greyhounds, other competition animals, service animals, and those for whom “sterilization would endanger the animal’s health because of its age, infirmity, disability, illness, or other medical consideration[s].”