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NY A00465
Bill
Status
1/9/2023
Primary Sponsor
Linda Rosenthal
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AI Summary
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Prohibits vivisection (surgical experimentation on living organisms to view internal structures) at all colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools in New York State when scientifically and educationally satisfactory alternative methods exist.
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Defines "scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy" as a teaching method used by a majority of other institutions of higher education to accomplish the same educational goal.
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists; defines vivisection to mean experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure.
Last Action
referred to higher education
1/3/2024