Bill > A00871

This bill amends the New York state education law to prohibit vivisection (defined as experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure) at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools within the state when a scientifically and educationally satisfactory alternative method or strategy exists. A "scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy" is specifically defined as a teaching approach that accomplishes the same educational goal as the proposed method and is used by a majority of other higher education institutions. The bill effectively restricts surgical experimentation on living organisms in educational settings when alternative, less invasive teaching methods are available, with the goal of reducing animal experimentation in academic and professional training contexts. The legislation will take effect 180 days after becoming law, allowing institutions time to adapt their educational practices and develop alternative teaching strategies.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A871