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 11a (MCL 287.391a), as added by 2023 PA 314.
Requires research facilities to submit annual reports on their use of laboratory animals, enhancing transparency while maintaining confidentiality.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources and Agriculture
