103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1882 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act. Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in the State, except for certain specified purposes. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to testing or experimentation conducted for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, or marketing any product intended for beneficial use in dogs or cats. Provides that the Attorney General or a State's Attorney in the county in which a violation occurred may bring an action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the provisions of the Act. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. LRB103 27260 RLC 53631 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1882 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act. Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in the State, except for certain specified purposes. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to testing or experimentation conducted for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, or marketing any product intended for beneficial use in dogs or cats. Provides that the Attorney General or a State's Attorney in the county in which a violation occurred may bring an action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the provisions of the Act. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately. LRB103 27260 RLC 53631 b LRB103 27260 RLC 53631 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1882 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act. Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in the State, except for certain specified purposes. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to testing or experimentation conducted for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, or marketing any product intended for beneficial use in dogs or cats. Provides that the Attorney General or a State's Attorney in the county in which a violation occurred may bring an action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the provisions of the Act. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning animals.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7 "Alternative test method" means a test method that does
8 not use animals, or in some cases reduces or refines the use of
9 animals, for which the reliability and relevance for a
10 specific purpose has been established by validation bodies,
11 including, but not limited to, the Inter-Agency Coordinating
12 Committee for the Validation of Alternative Methods and the
13 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
14 Alternative test methods include, but are not limited to,
15 high-throughput screening methods, testing of categories of
16 chemical substances, tiered testing methods, in vitro studies,
17 and systems biology.
18 "Cat" means a small domesticated carnivorous mammal that
19 is a member of the family Felidae, order Carnivora.
20 "Canine or feline toxicological experiment" means any test
21 or study of any duration that seeks to determine the effect, if
22 any, of the application or exposure, whether internal or
23 external, of any amount of a chemical substance on a dog or
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1882 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Protection of Dogs and Cats from Unnecessary Testing Act. Prohibits a testing facility from conducting a canine or feline toxicological experiment in the State, except for certain specified purposes. Provides that the prohibition does not apply to testing or experimentation conducted for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, or marketing any product intended for beneficial use in dogs or cats. Provides that the Attorney General or a State's Attorney in the county in which a violation occurred may bring an action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the provisions of the Act. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.
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1 cat. "Application or exposure" includes, but is not limited
2 to, oral ingestion, skin or eye contact, or inhalation.
3 "Application or exposure" does not include testing of
4 veterinary products for canine or feline health.
5 "Chemical substance" means any organic or inorganic
6 substance, including, but not limited to, a drug, as defined
7 in Section 321(g) of Title 21 of the United States Code, a
8 pesticide, as defined in Section 136(u) of Title 7 of the
9 United States Code, a chemical substance, as defined in
10 Section 2602(2) of Title 15 of the United States Code, or a
11 food additive, as defined in Section 321(s) of Title 21 of the
12 United States Code.
13 "Testing facility" means any partnership, corporation,
14 association, school, institution, organization, or other legal
15 relationship, whether privately or government owned, leased,
16 or operated, that tests chemicals, ingredients, product
17 formulations, or products in this State.
18 "Dog" means any member of the species Canis familiaris.
19 "Medical research" means research related to the causes,
20 progression, diagnosis, treatment, control, or prevention of
21 physical or mental diseases and impairments or chronic
22 conditions of humans or animals or related to the development
23 of biomedical products or devices, as defined under Section
24 321(h) of Title 21 of the United States Code. Medical research
25 does not include research related to the development of drugs
26 as defined in Section 321(g)(1) of Title 21 of the United
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1 States Code.
2 Section 10. Prohibition on the use of dogs or cats in
3 toxicological experiments; exemptions; enforcement.
4 (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in
5 addition to the prohibitions set forth in law, a testing
6 facility shall not conduct a canine or feline toxicological
7 experiment in this State unless the experiment is conducted
8 for any of the following purposes:
9 (1) Medical research.
10 (2) To comply with federal requirements pertaining to
11 the approval or maintenance of a medical device, as
12 defined under Section 321(h) of Title 21 of the United
13 States Code.
14 (3) To achieve discovery, approval, or maintenance of
15 a drug, pursuant to a testing requirement imposed by the
16 United States Food and Drug Administration under Section
17 505 or 512 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or
18 Section 351 of the Public Health Service Act or any
19 binding agency regulation promulgated upon notice and
20 comment thereunder, if the United States Food and Drug
21 Administration has not otherwise expressly authorized drug
22 manufacturers to use alternative test methods.
23 (4) To achieve discovery, approval, or maintenance of
24 a biologic, pursuant to a testing requirement imposed by
25 the United States Department of Agriculture under the
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1 Virus-Serum-Toxin Act or any binding agency regulation
2 promulgated upon notice and comment thereunder, if the
3 United States Department of Agriculture has not concluded
4 that waivers shall be granted for the experimentation or
5 studies or expressly indicated acceptance of alternative
6 test methods.
7 (5) To achieve discovery, approval, registration, or
8 maintenance of a pesticide, pursuant to a testing
9 requirement imposed by the United States Environmental
10 Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,
11 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or any binding agency
12 regulation promulgated upon notice and comment thereunder,
13 if the Environmental Protection Agency has not concluded
14 that waivers shall be granted for such experimentation or
15 studies or expressly indicated acceptance of alternative
16 test methods.
17 (6) To comply with a requirement to conduct the
18 experiment under the Toxic Substances Control Act, if the
19 United States Environmental Protection Agency has not,
20 pursuant to Section 2603(h) of Title 15 of the United
21 States Code, concluded that waivers shall be granted for
22 such experimentation or studies or expressly indicated
23 acceptance of testing methods alternative to laboratory
24 animal testing, including, but not limited to, in vitro,
25 in silico, and in chemico approaches for identifying skin
26 sensitization hazards.
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1 (b)(1) The Attorney General or a State's Attorney in the
2 county in which a violation of this Act occurred may bring an
3 action in the name of the People of the State to enforce the
4 provisions of this Act.
5 (2) Whenever the Attorney General, or a State's Attorney
6 in the county in which a violation of this Act occurred, has
7 reason to believe that a testing facility has in engaged in or
8 is engaging in any practice in violation of this Act, and that
9 proceedings would be in the public interest, he or she may
10 bring an action in the name of the People of the State against
11 such testing facility to restrain by preliminary or permanent
12 injunction the use of that practice.
13 (3) If the court determines that the Attorney General or
14 State's Attorney is the prevailing party in an action filed
15 pursuant to paragraph (1), the official may recover a civil
16 penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each day that each dog or each
17 cat is used in a canine or feline toxicological experiment in
18 violation of this Section. In addition to the civil penalty,
19 the official may also recover court costs and attorney's fees.
20 (c) The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to
21 testing or experimentation conducted for the purpose of
22 developing, manufacturing, or marketing any product intended
23 for beneficial use in dogs or cats.
24 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
25 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.
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