Maryland Senate Bill 420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring specified research facilities using dogs or cats for scientific research purposes to take specified steps to provide for the adoption of a dog or cat that is no longer needed for research purposes; authorizing specified research facilities to enter into specified agreements with animal rescue organizations for specified purposes; and requiring specified research facilities to submit specified information to the Secretary of Agriculture beginning on December 1, 2018, and each year thereafter.

Humane Adoption of Companion Animals Used in Research Act of 2017

Sen. Michael Hough [R]	Sen. J.B. Jennings [R]	Sen. Susan Lee [D]	Sen. Richard Madaleno [D]
Sen. Johnny Salling [R]	Sen. Ronald Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-14	Senate	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-27	Senate	First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0420?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/sb/sb0420f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0000/sb0420.pdf