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HOUSE BILL NO. 255 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 13 of Chapter 65 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-6593.2, relating to procurement of dogs and cats for research. ---------- Patrons-- Simonds, Fowler and Kory ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 13 of Chapter 65 of Title 3.2 a section numbered 3.2-6593.2 as follows:

§ 3.2-6593.2. Procurement of dogs and cats for research.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no agency, authority, institution, or department of the Commonwealth, including public institutions of higher education, shall procure a dog or cat for research purposes from a person or entity that has received from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pursuant to enforcement of the federal Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. § 2131 et seq.) or regulations adopted thereunder, (i) a citation for a direct or critical violation or citations for three or more indirect or noncritical violations for at least two years prior to the procurement of the dog or cat or (ii) two consecutive citations for no access to the facility prior to the procurement of the dog or cat.