HB 465
AN ACT relating to animal testing.
In Plain Language
This bill creates a process for dogs and cats retired from research facilities to be put up for adoption instead of being euthanized. It blocks state funding for painful animal experiments and requires facilities that get state money to publish yearly reports showing how many animals they test, what they're testing, and how they're trying to reduce animal testing.
Official summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 258 to define terms; establish a process for dogs and cats that have been retired from use for research and testing in an animal testing facility to be made available for adoption; prohibit the use of state funds that directly support painful experiments as defined by federal law and administered by the United States Department of Agriculture; require animal testing facilities that receive state funds to publicly publish an annual report on their website including the total animals and dogs and cats being tested yearly, active research, all testing projects that use animals, the total amount and source of funding for the project, and efforts used to reduce animal testing.
Sponsor
V. Grossl (Republican-88)
Cosponsors
2 listed
Latest action
to Agriculture (H)
Jan 29, 2026
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