Assembly Bill A9101

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to nonhuman primates in testing and research facilities

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A9101 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §504, Pub Health L

2025-A9101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to nonhuman primates in testing and research facilities; provides that an animal testing facility no longer in need of a nonhuman primate in its possession shall consider options for and determine the appropriate care of such nonhuman primate, including releasing such nonhuman primate to a certified sanctuary; provides that a higher education research facility that receives public money, or a facility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education facility, shall annually publish certain information on its website concerning nonhuman primates at such facility.

2025-A9101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9101
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to nonhuman  primates
   in testing and research facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 504 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (1) "CERTIFIED SANCTUARY" MEANS ANY FACILITY THAT  PROVIDES  TEMPORARY
 OR PERMANENT SAFE HAVEN TO NONHUMAN PRIMATES THAT IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY
 THE GLOBAL FEDERATION OF ANIMAL SANCTUARIES.
   (2)  "NONHUMAN  PRIMATE"  MEANS  ALL  NONHUMAN  MEMBERS  OF  THE ORDER
 PRIMATES.
   (B) ANY ANIMAL TESTING FACILITY THAT NO LONGER HAS NEED FOR A NONHUMAN
 PRIMATE IN ITS POSSESSION SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH SUCH ANIMAL  TEST-
 ING  FACILITY'S  ATTENDING VETERINARIAN, CONSIDER OPTIONS FOR AND DETER-
 MINE THE APPROPRIATE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH NONHUMAN PRIMATE,  WHICH
 SHALL  INCLUDE OFFERING FOR RELEASE SUCH NONHUMAN PRIMATE TO A CERTIFIED
 SANCTUARY.  SUCH FACILITY SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS  TO  OFFER  SUCH
 NONHUMAN PRIMATES TO A CERTIFIED SANCTUARY.  SUCH ANIMAL TESTING FACILI-
 TY  MAY  ENTER  INTO  AN AGREEMENT WITH SUCH CERTIFIED SANCTUARY FOR THE
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.    NOTHING  IN  THIS
 PARAGRAPH  SHALL  CREATE  A  DUTY UPON A CERTIFIED SANCTUARY TO ACCEPT A
 PRIMATE OFFERED BY A LABORATORY OR INSTITUTION.
   (C) A HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FACILITY THAT RECEIVES  PUBLIC  MONEY,
 INCLUDING  TAX-EXEMPT  STATUS,  OR  A FACILITY THAT PROVIDES RESEARCH IN
 COLLABORATION WITH A HIGHER EDUCATION  FACILITY  SHALL,  NO  LATER  THAN
 NINETY  DAYS AFTER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE BECOME A LAW AND ANNUALLY
 THEREAFTER, CONSPICUOUSLY POST ON ITS WEBSITE  THE  NUMBER  OF  NONHUMAN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13504-05-5

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