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AN ACT concerning Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation FOR the purpose of requiring each research facility and 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 research facility or a testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; requiring a testing facility to use alternative test methods under certain circumstances; prohibiting a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment under certain circumstances; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; establishing a State Inspector of Animal Welfare in the Department to inspect certain research facilities and testing facilities; requiring a research facility or testing facility to notify the State Inspector of certain violations; establishing the Animals in Research Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; and generally relating to research facilities and testing facilities that use animals in research, education, or testing. BY adding to Article - Agriculture Section 15-101 through 15-104 and 15-106 through 15-110 to be under the amended title “Title 15. Research Facilities and Testing Facilities that Use Animals” Annotated Code of Maryland (2016 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Agriculture Section 15-101 SENATE BILL 495 Annotated Code of Maryland (2016 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - State Finance and Procurement Section 6-226(a)(2)(i) Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - State Finance and Procurement Section 6-226(a)(2)(ii)170. and 171. Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) BY adding to Article - State Finance and Procurement Section 6-226(a)(2)(ii)172. Annotated Code of Maryland (2021 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement)

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Ben Kramer (D)*,  Jeff Waldstreicher (D),  Karen Young (D), 

Senate Education, Energy, and the Environment Hearing (13:30:00 3/2/2023 ) (on 03/02/2023)

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