SENATE BILL REPORT

                            SB 6588

   AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FEBRUARY 3, 1994

Brief Description:  Regulating research on animals.

SPONSORS: Senators M. Rasmussen, Erwin, Hargrove, Loveland and Roach

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

     Signed by Senators M. Rasmussen, Chairman; Anderson, Bauer, Morton and Snyder.

Staff:  Vic Moon (786‑7469)

Hearing Dates: February 3, 1994

BACKGROUND:

The animal cruelty statutes do not apply to experiments or investigations that are performed under the authority of the faculty of an incorporated college or university in the state of Washington. 

SUMMARY:

The exemption from the animal cruelty statutes that presently applies to colleges and universities is extended to a research facility registered with the United States Department of Agriculture and regulated under the interstate commerce language of the animal transportation and handling statutes in federal law.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:  None

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  No one