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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Breed-specific legislation may look good on the surface, but it’s not a reliable or effective solution for dog bite prevention.

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

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

  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 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…

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. …

New legislation aims to strengthen regulations, close Internet loophole

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

The 2007 Veterinary State Legislative Mid-Year Report is a new resource now available on the AVMA Web site.

This resource can serve as a guide for legislators and other government officials involved in developing legislation and regulations to assure…

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

State governments adopted or considered a variety of measures during 2007 in areas that affect veterinarians—such as animal