SB 761

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Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation

Sponsor: Benjamin F. Kramer (District 19)Committee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: AgricultureStatus: Hearing 3/08 at 9:00 a.m. (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.

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Testimony (17)

MGA witness list

FAV 13FavorableUNF 3UnfavorableINFO 1Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Schaeffer, Crystal	American Anti-Vivisection Society	Written (PDF)
FAV	Singer, Mikalah	Center for Contemporary Sciences	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Engebretson, Monica	Cruelty Free International	Written (PDF)
FAV	McFarland, Sherman	Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fullerton, Kimberly	Maryland State Bar Association - Animal Law Section	Oral
FAV	Radov, Lisa	Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Blanchard, Meredith	National Anti-Vivisection Society	Oral
FAV	Merkley, Ryan	Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine	Written (PDF)
FAV	Soffes, Lindsey	Rise for Animals	Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldstein, Mathew	Secular Maryland	Written (PDF)
FAV	Katrinak, Vicki	The Humane Society of the United States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Fink, Nelda	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Kramer, Senator Kramerlegislator	Individual	Oral
UNF	Hagan, Amanda	Animal Health Institute	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hampton, Timothy	BIOQUAL, Inc.	Written (PDF)
UNF	Morton, Brandon	National Association for Biomedical Research	Written (PDF)
INFO	Bogley, Laura	Maryland Right to Life	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

American Anti-Vivisection SocietyFAV 1

Animal Health InstituteUNF 1

BIOQUAL, Inc.UNF 1

Center for Contemporary SciencesFAV 1

Cruelty Free InternationalFAV 1

Johns Hopkins University School of Public HealthFAV 1

Maryland Right to LifeINFO 1

Maryland State Bar Association - Animal Law SectionFAV 1

Maryland Votes for Animals, Inc.FAV 1

National Anti-Vivisection SocietyFAV 1

National Association for Biomedical ResearchUNF 1

Physicians Committee for Responsible MedicineFAV 1

Rise for AnimalsFAV 1

Secular MarylandFAV 1

The Humane Society of the United StatesFAV 1