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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animal testing facilities; public notification of inspection report."
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description: "Animal testing facilities; public notification. Requires any animal testing facility to (i) within 30 days of receiving a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report, make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA final incident reports and relevant documents generated during or as a result of internal or external reviews and (ii) within 30 days of receiving any USDA official warning notice of alleged violation, settlement agreement or stipulation, administrative complaint, decision or order, or any other enforcement record, make such documents publicly available. Current law requires any animal testing facility, within 30 days of receiving an inspection report, to make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA incident reports and relevant documents generated from internal reviews. The bill also allows an animal testing facility to redact information contained within such documents in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1127"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1127 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9310c26-ba0a-45b0-9377-586849906f8a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1127"
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source_hash: "d80baddb86612a1a22f99b172f17e9a715e0c099d20c3382090057566c9434e6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1127 (2025) — Animal testing facilities; public notification of inspection report.
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Animal testing facilities; public notification. Requires any animal testing facility to (i) within 30 days of receiving a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection report, make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA final incident reports and relevant documents generated during or as a result of internal or external reviews and (ii) within 30 days of receiving any USDA official warning notice of alleged violation, settlement agreement or stipulation, administrative complaint, decision or order, or any other enforcement record, make such documents publicly available. Current law requires any animal testing facility, within 30 days of receiving an inspection report, to make such inspection report publicly available along with any other relevant USDA incident reports and relevant documents generated from internal reviews. The bill also allows an animal testing facility to redact information contained within such documents in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017968.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048447.HTML)
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3. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047642.HTML)
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4. **Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032344.HTML)
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5. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072579.PDF)
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6. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1040027.PDF)
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7. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055094.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060731.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102631D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned ACNR sub: Companion Animals `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1127)
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-04** Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-04** Printed as engrossed 25102631D-E
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- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1127)
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- **2025-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House with amendments (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House with amendments (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1127ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1127)
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 329 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0329)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9310c26-ba0a-45b0-9377-586849906f8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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