SB 1127 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Animal testing facilities; public notification of inspection report.

Summary
Animal testing facilities; public notification. Requires any animal testing facility to (i) within 30 days of receiving a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report, make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA final incident reports and relevant documents generated during or as a result of internal or external reviews and (ii) within 30 days of receiving any USDA official warning notice of alleged violation, settlement agreement or stipulation, administrative complaint, decision or order, or any other enforcement record, make such documents publicly available. Current law requires any animal testing facility, within 30 days of receiving an inspection report, to make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA incident reports and relevant documents generated from internal reviews. The bill also allows an animal testing facility to redact information contained within such documents in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill formalizes the transition of SB 1127 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of Virginia law. The substantive content remains unchanged, with no modifications to definitions, requirements, exemptions, or enforcement mechanisms related to animal testing facility public notification.
Scope change
No change in scope or applicability; the bill's substantive provisions remain identical to the enrolled version.
TECHNICAL

The only changes are formatting and layout adjustments converting the bill from an enrolled draft to a chaptered act format, including adding chapter number, approval date, and adjusting line breaks and spacing.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 3, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
15
Committee
8
Amendments
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 329 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1127ER)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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