A Comparison of Bills Regarding Animal Experimentation in Virginia
Every year, countless animals suffer and die in cruel and ineffective experiments across Virginia. Learn which bills regarding animals used in experiments were introduced and which ended up passing from 2020 to present.
2020
What was introduced?
- SB 311: Breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the purpose of producing offspring for participation in medical experimentation or for sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conduct experiments on animals.
- SB 669: Animal testing; breeding. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the express purpose of producing offspring for use in experimentation that isn’t required pursuant to federal law or regulation or sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the U.S.
- HB 1289: Humane Cosmetics Act; civil penalties. This bill would prohibit testing cosmetics on animals in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2021. It would also prohibit the sale in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2023, of any cosmetics developed or manufactured using animal testing on or after July 1, 2021. Violations would have been subjected to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
What passed?
- Nothing
2021
What was introduced?
- SB 311: Breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the purpose of producing offspring for participation in medical experimentation or for sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conduct experiments on animals.
- SB 669: Animal testing; breeding. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the express purpose of producing offspring for use in experimentation that isn’t required pursuant to federal law or regulation or sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the U.S.
- HB 1289: Humane Cosmetics Act; civil penalties. This bill would prohibit testing cosmetics on animals in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2021. It would also prohibit the sale in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2023, of any cosmetics developed or manufactured using animal testing on or after July 1, 2021. Violations would have been subjected to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
What passed?
- Nothing
2022
What was introduced?
- SB 311: Breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the purpose of producing offspring for participation in medical experimentation or for sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conduct experiments on animals.
- SB 669: Animal testing; breeding. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the express purpose of producing offspring for use in experimentation that isn’t required pursuant to federal law or regulation or sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the U.S.
- HB 1289: Humane Cosmetics Act; civil penalties. This bill would prohibit testing cosmetics on animals in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2021. It would also prohibit the sale in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2023, of any cosmetics developed or manufactured using animal testing on or after July 1, 2021. Violations would have been subjected to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
What passed?
- Nothing
2023
What was introduced?
- SB 311: Breeding dogs or cats for experimentation; prohibition. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the purpose of producing offspring for participation in medical experimentation or for sale to a manufacturer or contract testing facility to conduct experiments on animals.
- SB 669: Animal testing; breeding. This bill would prohibit any person from breeding dogs or cats for the express purpose of producing offspring for use in experimentation that isn’t required pursuant to federal law or regulation or sale to a manufacturer, institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the U.S.
- HB 1289: Humane Cosmetics Act; civil penalties. This bill would prohibit testing cosmetics on animals in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2021. It would also prohibit the sale in the Commonwealth effective as of July 1, 2023, of any cosmetics developed or manufactured using animal testing on or after July 1, 2021. Violations would have been subjected to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000.
What passed?
- Nothing
