Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06278 Compare Versions

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5	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6278
6	7		January Session, 2025
7	8		LCO No. 6098
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10	11		Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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13	14		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL
19	20		TESTING METHODS AND REQUIRING THE USE OF BIODIESEL
20	21		BLENDING METHODS FOR CERTAIN DIESEL FUELS.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) For purposes of this 1
25	26		section: 2
26	27		(1) "Alternative test method" means a test method that (A) provides 3
27	28		information of equivalent or better scientific quality and relevance than 4
28	29		animal test methods, (B) has been identified by a validation body and 5
29	30		adopted by the relevant federal agency or program within an agency 6
30	31		responsible for regulating the specific product or activity for which the 7
31	32		test is being conducted, and (C) does not use animals, or, when there is 8
32	33		no test method available that does not use animals, uses the fewest 9
33	34		animals possible and reduces the level of suffering or stress, to the 10
34	35		greatest extent possible, of an animal used for testing. "Alternative test 11
35	36		method" includes computational toxicology and bioinformatics, high-12
36	37		throughput screening methods, testing of categories of chemical 13
37		-	substances, tiered testing methods, in vitro studies, and systems biology 14 Committee Bill No. 6278
	38	+	substances, tiered testing methods, in vitro studies, and systems biology 14
	39	+	and new or revised methods; 15
	40	+	Committee Bill No. 6278
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42		-	and new or revised methods; 15
43	45		(2) "Animal" means any live vertebrate nonhuman animal; 16
44	46		(3) "Animal test method" means a process or procedure that uses 17
45	47		animals to obtain information on the characteristics of a chemical or 18
46	48		agent or the biological effect of exposure to a chemical or agent under 19
47	49		specified conditions; 20
48	50		(4) "Animal testing facility" means any facility, including a private 21
49		-	entity, state agency or institution of higher education, that confines and 22
50		-	uses animals for research, education, testing or other scientific or 23
	51	+	entity, state agency, or institution of higher education, that confines and 22
	52	+	uses animals for research, education, testing, or other scientific or 23
51	53		medical purposes; 24
52	54		(5) "Contract testing facility" means any partnership, corporation, 25
53		-	association or other legal entity that tests chemicals, ingredients, 26
	55	+	association, or other legal entity that tests chemicals, ingredients, 26
54	56		product formulations or products on behalf of another entity; 27
55		-	(6) "Manufacturer" means any partnership, corporation, association 28
	57	+	(6) "Manufacturer" means any partnership, corporation, association, 28
56	58		or other legal entity that produces chemicals, ingredients, product 29
57		-	formulations or products; and 30
	59	+	formulations, or products; and 30
58	60		(7) "Validation body" means any organization that seeks to facilitate 31
59		-	development, validation and regulatory acceptance of new and revised 32
	61	+	development, validation, and regulatory acceptance of new and revised 32
60	62		regulatory test methods that reduce, refine or replace the use of animals 33
61	63		in testing, such as the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the 34
62	64		Validation of Alternative Methods or other similar organizations. 35
63	65		(b) No manufacturer or contract testing facility shall use an animal 36
64	66		test method when an alternative test method is available. 37
65	67		(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to 38
66	68		any manufacturer or contract test facility that uses an animal test 39
67	69		method for the purpose of medical research related to the causes, 40
68		-	diagnosis, treatment, control or prevention of physical or mental 41
	70	+	diagnosis, treatment, control, or prevention of physical or mental 41
69	71		diseases and impairments of humans and animals, or related to the 42
70	72		development of devices or drugs, as those terms are defined in 21 USC 43
71		-	321, biomedical products, or any other products regulated by the United 44 Committee Bill No. 6278
	73	+	321, biomedical products, or any other products regulated by the United 44
	74	+	States Food and Drug Administration, except any product regulated 45
	75	+	Committee Bill No. 6278
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76		-	States Food and Drug Administration, except any product regulated 45
77	80		under Subchapter VI of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Such 46
78	81		medical research shall not include the testing of an ingredient that (1) 47
79	82		was formerly used in a drug, (2) was tested for use in a drug using 48
80	83		commonly accepted animal testing methods to characterize the 49
81	84		ingredient and to substantiate its safety for human use, and (3) is 50
82	85		proposed for use in a product other than a biomedical product, medical 51
83	86		device or drug. 52
84	87		(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of a 53
85	88		test method that does not use animals. 54
86	89		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) All diesel fuel sold or offered 55
87	90		for sale at retail in the state for use in internal combustion engines 56
88	91		during the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, 57
89		-	October and November shall contain not less than the following 58
	92	+	October, and November shall contain not less than the following 58
90	93		percentage of biodiesel by volume on and after the following dates: 59
91	94		(1) Not less than five per cent, on or before July 1, 2025; 60
92	95		(2) not less than ten per cent, on or before July 1, 2027; and 61
93	96		(3) not less than twenty per cent, on or before July 1, 2029. 62
94	97		(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, all diesel operated 63
95	98		vehicles, vessels and construction equipment that is part of the state fleet 64
96	99		shall operate on the following percentage of biodiesel by volume during 65
97	100		the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, October and 66
98	101		November on and after the following dates: 67
99	102		(1) Not less than five per cent, on or before July 1, 2025; and 68
100	103		(2) not less than twenty per cent, on or before July 1, 2027. 69
101	104		(c) For purposes of this section, "biodiesel" means a fuel comprised of 70
102	105		mono-alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids derived from vegetable oils 71
103	106		or animal fats, designated B100, and meeting the requirements of 72
104		-	designation D6751 of the American Society for Testing and Materials. 73 Committee Bill No. 6278
	107	+	designation D6751 of the American Society for Testing and Materials. 73
	108	+	Committee Bill No. 6278
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109	113		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
110	114		sections:
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112	116		Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
113	117		Sec. 2 from passage New section
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115		-	ENV Joint Favorable
	119	+	Statement of Purpose:
	120	+	To require manufacturers and contract testing facilities to use other
	121	+	testing methods than animal testing when such other methods are
	122	+	available.
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	124	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	125	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	126	+	underlined.]
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	128	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. JOHNSON, 143rd Dist.; REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
	129	+	REP. KEITT, 134th Dist.; REP. WOOD K., 29th Dist.
	130	+	REP. SWEET, 91st Dist.; REP. SHANNON, 117th Dist.
	131	+	REP. SMITH F., 118th Dist.
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	133	+	H.B. 6278
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