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 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 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.

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

​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.

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

compilation of resources designed to provide executive directors of VMAs with a quick, step-by-step guide on how to plan a legislative effort

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…

Writing to lawmakers is one way to influence state and local laws and policy. Here are tips to write more effective letters.

Quietly assisting the state VMAs with many issues is the AVMA State Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Department within the AVMA

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

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

Pharmacy board regulation of veterinary prescription drugs Updated July 2011 This is a summary of the laws that AVMA is aware of governing state…

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

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

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

  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…

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