Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1458 Compare Versions

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1		-	~~HB1458.1~~
2		-	~~January 30, 2025~~
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	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		HOUSE BILL No. 1458
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF ~~HB 1458 (Updated January 30, 2025 8:43 am - DI 140)~~
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 15-20.
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 15-20-5.
7	7		Synopsis: Adoption of research animals. Requires research facilities
8	8		to offer for adoption dogs or cats no longer required for research
9	9		purposes.
10	10		Effective: July 1, 2025.
11	11		Hall, Baird, Pierce K, Miller K
12	12		January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural
13	13		Development.
14		-	January 30, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
15		-	HB 1458—LS 7719/DI 150 January 30, 2025
	14	+	2025 IN 1458—LS 7719/DI 150 Introduced
16	15		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
17	16		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
18	17		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
19	18		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
20	19		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
21	20		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
22	21		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
23	22		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
24	23		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
25	24		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
26	25		HOUSE BILL No. 1458
27	26		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
28	27		agriculture and animals.
29	28		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
30	29		1 SECTION 1. IC 15-20-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
31	30		2 A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
32	31		3 1, 2025]:
33	32		4 Chapter 5. Retired Animal Adoption
34	33		5 Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "animal care facility" has the
35	34		6 meaning set forth in IC 6-9-39-1.
36	35		7 Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "research facility" means a
37	36		8 privately or government owned, leased, or operated:
38	37		9 (1) partnership;
39	38		10 (2) corporation;
40	39		11 (3) association;
41	40		12 (4) school;
42	41		13 (5) institution; or
43	42		14 (6) organization;
44	43		15 located in Indiana that uses animals for experimentation or
45	44		16 research or that tests chemical substances, ingredients, drugs,
46	45		17 medical devices, vaccines, products, or product formulations on
47		-	HB 1458—LS 7719/DI 150 2
	46	+	2025 IN 1458—LS 7719/DI 150 2
48	47		1 animals.
49	48		2 (b) The term includes a facility that carries out biomedical
50	49		3 research or educational research.
51	50		4 (c) The term does not include:
52	51		5 (1) a partnership;
53	52		6 (2) a corporation;
54	53		7 (3) an association;
55	54		8 (4) a school;
56	55		9 (5) an institution; or
57	56		10 (6) an organization;
58	57		11 that primarily provides veterinary services to an animal.
59	58		12 Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "retired animal" means a dog or
60	59		13 cat that:
61	60		14 (1) is confined at a research facility;
62	61		15 (2) has previously been used for research; and
63	62		16 (3) is no longer required for research purposes.
64	63		17 Sec. 4. A research facility shall establish an adoption program
65	64		18 for retired animals confined at the research facility.
66	65		19 Sec. 5. A research facility shall offer a retired animal for
67	66		20 adoption to an animal care facility, unless euthanizing the dog or
68	67		21 cat is required for health or safety reasons.
69	68		22 Sec. 6. A research facility may enter into a collaborative
70	69		23 agreement with one (1) or more animal care facilities for the
71	70		24 purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 5 of this chapter.
72	71		25 Sec. 7. Once a retired animal is eligible for adoption, the
73	72		26 research facility shall do one (1) of the following:
74	73		27 (1) Offer to transfer ownership and custody of the retired
75	74		28 animal to an animal care facility to facilitate the transfer of
76	75		29 ownership and custody of the retired animal to a person for
77	76		30 placement into the person's permanent home.
78	77		31 (2) Offer to transfer ownership and custody of the retired
79	78		32 animal to a person for private placement in the person's
80	79		33 permanent home according to an arrangement agreed to by
81	80		34 the research facility and the person adopting the retired
82	81		35 animal.
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84		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
85		-	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Agriculture and Rural
86		-	Development, to which was referred House Bill 1458, has had the same
87		-	under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
88		-	House with the recommendation that said bill do pass.
89		-	(Reference is to HB 1458 as introduced.)
90		-	AYLESWORTH
91		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0
92		-	HB 1458—LS 7719/DI 150
	82	+	2025 IN 1458—LS 7719/DI 150