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Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Subcommittee Companion Animals

Marsden (Chair), Favola, Hackworth

Clerk: Sean Sukol, Warda Asif
Staff: Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: February 3, 2022
Time and Place: 8:00 AM / Subcommittee Room 2, 5th Floor, Pocahontas Building
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S.B. 87

Patron: Stanley

Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. Prohibits a dealer or commercial dog or cat breeder from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or cat bred by a person who has received certain citations pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act. Current law only prohibits such activities related to the sale of dogs. The bill also clarifies that selling includes selling the dog or cat for experimental purposes.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-6511.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes.

22101357D

S.B. 88

Patron: Stanley

Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires entities that breed dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for two years from the date of the sale or transfer, and to annually submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility.

22101356D

S.B. 90

Patron: Stanley

Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder of dogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility that no longer has a need for a dog or cat in its possession to offer the animal for adoption prior to euthanizing it. Currently, only animal testing facilities are subject to this requirement.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 3.2-6593.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats.

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S.B. 442

Patron: Boysko

Breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting. Requires any person who or entity that breeds dogs and cats for animal testing facilities to report certain to the State Veterinarian on a monthly basis. The report shall include information regarding the birth, acquisition, death, sale, transfer, or other disposition of a dog or cat in the prior month.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to breeding of dogs and cats for research; reporting.

22104122D

S.B. 457

Patron: Boysko

Breeding dogs for certain research prohibited; penalty. Prohibits a person from breeding or raising a dog for the purpose of selling or transferring the dog or cat, or its offspring, to an animal research facility outside of the United States, or to an animal research facility located in the United States that will use the animal for testing or research not required by federal law or regulation. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to breeding dogs for certain research prohibited; penalty.

22102025D

S.B. 535

Patron: Marsden

Oversight of research breeders; Animal Welfare Oversight Officer; Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee; civil penalty. Directs the State Veterinarian to hire an Animal Welfare Oversight Officer to inspect and oversee the operations of research breeders, defined in the bill as a person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer for use in testing or research within or outside the Commonwealth, and report any violations of state or federal law by the research breeder. The bill requires each research breeder to register with the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer, pay a registration fee as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer continuous access to its facilities located in the Commonwealth. The bill subjects a research breeder that does not register, pay the fee, or allow the Animal Welfare Oversight Officer access to its facilities to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day of noncompliance. The bill also establishes an Animal Welfare Oversight Advisory Committee.

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 oversight of research breeders; Animal Welfare Oversight Officer; Advisory Committee; civil penalty.

22104308D

S.B. 604

Patron: Stanley

Animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty. Clarifies that dogs and cats in the possession of a person who or an entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal research facility are considered companion animals for the purposes of animal cruelty statutes. The bill also provides that breeding dogs or cats for sale or transfer to a research facility, or breeding dogs or cats within a research facility, does not constitute bona fide scientific or medical experimentation for purposes of animal cruelty statutes.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-6500 and 3.2-6570 of the Code of Virginia, relating to animal cruelty; companion animals; penalty.

22104107D