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2021 SESSION

20105138D
SENATE BILL NO. 669
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 7, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to animal testing; breeding.
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Patrons-- Boysko and Stanley; Delegates: Hope and Kory
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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. Certain 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) use in research, experimentation, or testing that is not required pursuant to federal law or regulation or (ii) sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the United States.