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2024 SESSION
HB 580 Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
Introduced by: Shelly A. Simonds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities, consisting of legislators and stakeholders, for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available. The bill requires the Task Force to report its findings to certain committees of the General Assembly no later than November 1, 2024. This bill is identical to SB 411.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102144D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106700D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB580ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102144D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/23/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106700D-H1
- 02/09/24 House: Read first time
- 02/12/24 House: Read second time
- 02/12/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24106700D-H1
- 02/12/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB580H1
- 02/13/24 House: Read third time and passed House (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/13/24 House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/14/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/20/24 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/22/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/24 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/28/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB580ER)
- 02/28/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)