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2020 SESSION

20101027D
SENATE BILL NO. 311
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 5, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition.
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Patron-- Stanley
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Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1 as follows:

§ 3.2-6592.1. Breeding of dogs or cats for experimentation prohibited.

No person shall breed a dog or cat for the express purpose of producing offspring for (i) participation in medical research or experimentation or (ii) sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conduct research using an animal test method.