SB 669

            
2020 SESSION


20107682D

SENATE BILL NO. 669

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and
Natural Resources

on February 4, 2020)

(Patrons Prior to Substitute--Senators Boysko and Stanley [SB
311])

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section
numbered 3.2-6592.1, relating to animal testing; breeding.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section
numbered 3.2-6592.1 as follows:

� 3.2-6592.1. Certain breeding of dogs or cats for
experimentation prohibited.

No person shall keep, raise, or breed for the express
purpose of producing offspring any dog or cat for (i) participation or use in
research, experimentation, or testing that is not required pursuant to federal
law or regulation or (ii) sale or other method of transfer to a manufacturer,
institution of higher learning, or contract testing facility outside the United
States.