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MA H1948
Bill
Status
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Sean Reid
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AI Summary
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Prohibits research institutions and product testing facilities from removing or separately housing infant nonhuman primates from their biological mothers for research, experimentation, or product testing purposes during the first 12 months of life
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Allows temporary separation only for medical welfare of the mother or infant, with requirements to minimize psychological and physical distress without using sedatives or restraint chairs
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Covers all primate species except humans, including rhesus macaques, cynomolgus macaques, baboons, marmosets, squirrel monkeys, and others
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Requires the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner to promulgate implementing regulations within 90 days of passage
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Amends Chapter 272 of the General Laws (crimes against chastity, morality, decency and good order) by adding new Section 80G½
Legislative Description
To protect nonhuman primate infants in research institutions and product testing facilities
Last Action
Reported by committee to Clerk’s Office for processing, will accompany a study order
10/20/2025