A Senate subcommittee recently held a hearing about a controversial bill aimed at regulating puppy mills by bringing federal oversight to large-scale…

The AVMA supports passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510). In addition to giving the Health and Human

Colorado’s latest state Veterinary Practice Act outlines who can use the title “veterinary technician.” Starting Jan. 1, 2023, only those veterinary…

The veterinary profession is searching for workforce solutions to ensure that our practices are able to care for patients now and long into the…

The bill would equip law enforcement with additional tools to stop illegal xylazine trafficking while protecting veterinarians’ access to this…

A New York Times story exposing alleged abuses at an agricultural research facility has prompted legislation to expand federal animal

Recently defeated legislation in California would have let unsupervised nonveterinarians perform services to remove deposits from pets’ teeth.

  One bill's language partly adopted from AVMA model act   posted July 18, 2010   Crush videos, aquaculture, and puppy mills are just some of the…

Legislation passed by the European Parliament this September will prohibit member states from using great apes in nearly all research

AVMA State Public Policy Symposium addresses legislative, court, public opinion battles

Legislation passed by Congress in September contains food safety provisions requiring the Food and Drug Administration to set ingredient and…

Legislation introduced in the California Assembly this past February would mandate that all cat and dog owners in the state intending to breed their…

The AVMA Department of State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs recently released a report on several thousand bills and regulations that

Once again, Congress is eyeing implementing reforms in North American horse racing, but, this time, it’s looking to an outside organization to achieve…

The AVMA State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department recently released a year-end report on several thousand bills and regulations that the…

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority formally submitted draft regulations on racetrack safety to the Federal Trade Commission on Dec. 6,…

With 88 percent of veterinary students borrowing from federal student loan programs, according to the 2016 AVMA & AAVMC Report on the Market for…

Legislation signed in November 2013 will give federal authorities more scrutiny over some compounding pharmacies, which will be able to

The AVMA State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department recently released a year-end report on more than 1,400 bills that the department tracked…

States passed legislation last year regarding the debarking of dogs, pregnancy checks in cows, physical therapists working on animals, and many other…

2008 already has been another busy year for state legislation relevant to veterinary and animal issues.

The Department of Agriculture has grown from a collector and distributor of farming information during the 1860s to, today, a

To help speed the implementation of the U.S. Animal Identification Plan, the AVMA has vowed to actively pursue legislation

Animal welfare regulations: a rough crossing from Europe to US Wes Jamison, PhD, talks with attendees. …

The AVMA has adopted a scoring system that will enable the Association to more effectively address federal legislative and regulative proposals