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

An overview of animal welfare legislation and regulation for laboratory animals, as well as actions the AVMA is taking to improve it.

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

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

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

The Arkansas state legislature recently adopted a law that will expand veterinary technician specialists’ (VTS) scope of practice. Another bill still…

AVMA prioritizes how it will address bills or regulations when they are posed in Congress.

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.

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

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

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

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

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…

During the past few years, the regulation of high-volume dog breeders and dealers has become one of the most prominent issues in animal legislation

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