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

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

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

  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…

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

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

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

​State legislatures passed a number of bills in 2014 that impact animals and veterinary medicine, and 18 veterinarians are serving in

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

States passed legislation last year regarding the debarking of dogs, pregnancy checks in cows, physical therapists working on

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

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

This legislation would greatly expand opportunities for small employers to provide affordable health insurance benefits to their employees

Bills address animal drugs, economics of the profession, and health insurance

New legislation aims to strengthen regulations, close Internet

The AVMA State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department has compiled information on states' regulations regarding breeding

Veterinarians are facing increasing efforts to regulate their profession.

The personal and professional lives of veterinarians are affected by legislation and regulation every day, from when they write a prescription to when…

The AVMA Web site now features more frequent updates on the status of select state bills and regulations under consideration

Veterinary feed directive now in effect The final regulation implementing the veterinary feed directive went into effect

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed amending regulations relevant to the development of drugs for minor uses in

Legislation that would prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption is making waves

California has passed legislation to ensure that lay staff can administer controlled substances such as pain medication on

Legislation in at least 13 states would define meat to exclude plant and cell culture products.