HB 1458 Indiana House · 2025 Regular Session

Adoption of research animals.

HB 1458 requires research facilities to offer for adoption dogs or cats that are no longer needed for research purposes. This directly affects research facilities that house these animals, mandating they make them available to the public through adoption programs instead of euthanizing or disposing of them. The bill’s key provision is a mandatory adoption requirement for eligible dogs and cats, ensuring animals used in research have a pathway to new homes when no longer required for studies. It focuses on concrete policy change by shifting facility practices toward adoption, without specifying adoption procedures or outcomes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced House Bill (H) → House Bill (S) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill has progressed from its introduced stage to a committee report recommending passage. The primary changes are procedural, including the addition of a committee report indicating the bill was reported out of committee on January 30, 2025, and updated formatting details like the bill number and digest information. The substantive policy content regarding the adoption of research animals remains unchanged.

TIMELINE

Added committee report section indicating the bill was reported out of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on January 30, 2025, with a recommendation that it do pass.

TECHNICAL

Updated digest header to reflect the bill status as HB 1458 rather than Introduced Bill, with updated timestamp and digest number.

Changed bill status header from 'Introduced' to reflect the committee reporting date of January 30, 2025.

Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

85–4

Passed · 11 other

Total votes 100

Feb 4, 2025

D Democratic29

28 Yea 1

96% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican70

56 Yea 4 Nay 10

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 89: yeas 85, nays 4

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report: do pass, adopted

lower

2 primary · 6 co-sponsors