26RS HB 465

House Bill 465

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Last Action	01/21/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to animal testing.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1203
Sponsors	V. Grossl, T. Roberts
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; establish a process for dogs and cats that have been retired from use for research and testing in an animal testing facility to be made available for adoption; prohibit the use of state funds that directly support painful experiments as defined by federal law and administered by the United States Department of Agriculture; require animal testing facilities that receive state funds to publicly publish an annual report on their website including the total animals and dogs and cats being tested yearly, active research, all testing projects that use animals, the total amount and source of funding for the project, and efforts used to reduce animal testing.
Index Headings of Original Version	Animals, Livestock, And Poultry - Research animal, animal testing, reduction, adoption, reporting Business Entities And Organizations - Animal testing facilities, research, experimentation, reporting Diseases - Animal testing facilities, research, experimentation, reporting Drugs And Medicines - Animal testing facilities, research, experimentation, reporting Education, Higher - Animal testing facilities, research, experimentation, reporting Pets And Service Animals - Research dogs and cats, retired testing animal, adoption Reports Mandated - Animal testing facilities, public report, website Research - Research animal, retired testing animal, adoption, options Research - Testing and experimenting on animals, use of state funds, reporting requirements