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type: "Bill"
title: "Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies."
description: "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to convene a Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available. The bill provides that the Task Force shall consist of legislators and certain enumerated stakeholders and shall report its findings to the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Finance, and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Virginia SB 411 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d9b7cb-3c80-408c-a84f-c965a8205b24"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB411"
source_hash: "63e67fd6fbbe61e1b17c281621c9b112f7fb49d82dac13e30f8b8327d05b0d29"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 411 (2024) — Animal testing facilities; DACR shall convene task force to identify potential deficiencies.
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities; report. Requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in collaboration with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, to convene a Task Force on Transparency in Publicly Funded Animal Testing Facilities for the purpose of identifying potential deficiencies in publicly funded animal testing facilities in the Commonwealth and recommending methods and context for making certain information about such animal testing facilities publicly available. The bill provides that the Task Force shall consist of legislators and certain enumerated stakeholders and shall report its findings to the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources, Finance, and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Finance and Appropriations no later than November 1, 2024.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0675** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0675)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106643D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB411S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108456D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB411H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102885D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB411)
5. **SB411ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB411ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) — **372** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) — **5244** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — **157** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102885D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB411)
- **2024-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute printed 24106643D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB411S1)
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 24106643D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB411S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-28** Committee substitute printed 24108456D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB411H1)
- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108456D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB411H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-04** Passed House with substitute (53-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Title replaced 24108456D-H1
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB411ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB411ER)
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 675 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0675)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37d9b7cb-3c80-408c-a84f-c965a8205b24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).