A bill to amend 1969 PA 224, entitled “An act to license and regulate dealers that deliver, transport, board, buy, or sell dogs or cats for laboratory research purposes; to regulate research facilities that use dogs or cats for laboratory research; to require research facilities to offer laboratory animals no longer needed for laboratory research to certain animal protection shelters for adoption before euthanizing; to require research facilities to submit annual reports; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain conditions; to create certain funds; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 1 (MCL 287.381), as amended by 2023 PA 315.
The bill amends existing legislation to enhance regulatory oversight of animal protection shelters and research facilities using dogs and cats, requiring shelters to be licensed and mandating adoption offers for research animals before euthanasia, contingent on related legislation being enacted.
Introduced
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Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
