Bill Text: CT HB06291 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6291 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Dogs And Cats Involved In Research.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-22 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB06291 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB06291-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6291*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1581
		01581
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist. REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING DOGS AND CATS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 22 of the general statutes be amended to require any research facility, including a higher education research facility, that receives public moneys or a tax exemption and that conducts research using cats or dogs to first offer such cat or dog to an animal rescue organization prior to euthanizing any such cat or dog.

Statement of Purpose:

To require research facilities to offer dogs and cats to animal rescue organizations before destroying them.