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HB 3978 — Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories.

Congress · introduced 2025-05-23

Digest: The Act concerns lab research on dogs, cats and primates that are not human. The Act creates a task force to stop research on primates that are not human. The Act takes effect when it is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 91.4). Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories. Prohibits a person from conducting research or testing on nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Establishes the Task Force on Planning the Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. Directs the task force to draft a plan for eliminating the breeding of, and research on, nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Exempts the task force from public meetings law requirements. Sunsets the task force in 2041.

Latest action: — In House Committee

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Sponsors

• Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — sponsor
• Chaichi, Farrah (D, OR-35) — sponsor
• Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — sponsor
• Boshart Davis, Shelly (R, OR-15) — cosponsor
• Elmer, Lucetta (R, OR-24) — cosponsor
• Smith, Gregory (R, OR-57) — cosponsor
• Skarlatos, Alek (R, OR-4) — cosponsor
• Owens, Mark (R, OR-60) — cosponsor
• McIntire, Emily (R, OR-56) — cosponsor
• Hudson, Zach (D, OR-49) — cosponsor
• Walters, Jules (D, OR-37) — cosponsor
• Dobson, April (D, OR-39) — cosponsor
• Levy, Emerson (D, OR-53) — cosponsor
• Helm, Ken (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
• Hartman, Annessa (D, OR-40) — cosponsor
• Mannix, Kevin (R, OR-21) — cosponsor
• Reschke, E. Werner (R, OR-55) — cosponsor
• Lively, John (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
• Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
• Helfrich, Jeffrey (R, OR-52) — cosponsor
• Osborne, Virgle (R, OR-2) — cosponsor
• Levy, Bobby (R, OR-58) — cosponsor
• Wright, Boomer (R, OR-9) — cosponsor
• Scharf, Anna (R, OR-23) — cosponsor
• Edwards, Darcey (R, OR-31) — cosponsor

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