An act to amend 1969 PA 224, entitled “An act to license and regulate dealers in and research facilities using dogs and cats for research purposes; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending the title and sections 1 and 7 (MCL 287.381 and 287.387) and by adding section 8a.
Senate Bills 148 and 149 each amend 1969 PA 224, which licenses and regulates research facilities that use dogs and cats for research purposes and dealers in those animals, to do the following: • Require a research facility to offer a dog or cat no longer needed for research to an animal protection shelter before euthanizing it. (SB 149) • Allow for written agreements that could waive the right of an animal protection shelter or an individual adopting a laboratory animal to hold the research facility or the animal protection shelter, respectively, responsible for any behavioral or health issues of a laboratory animal subject to an adoption. (SB 149) • Establish administrative fines for a violation of SB 149, with fine revenue to be deposited in the proposed Laboratory Animal Fund. (SB 148) • Require a research facility to submit an annual report that includes an attestation of compliance with the requirements of the act. (SB 148)
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Substitute S-1 offered
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The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 31 to 6 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture
Reported with substitute H-2
Substitute H-2 concurred in by voice vote
Substitute H-4 offered
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The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 67 to 39 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Substitute H-4 concurred in 25 to 11 (details)
