Domestic Animals
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Clarify Animal Welfare Statutes [HB-865]
[Animals ]
Clarify Animal Welfare Statutes
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Gettr North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Safe Dogs, Safe Owners [HB-852]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
Safe Dogs, Safe Owners
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Duke's Rescue Act [HB-657]
[Animals ]
Duke's Rescue Act
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Reform Animal Cruelty and Neglect laws [SB-573]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Reform Animal Cruelty and Neglect laws
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice [HB-512]
[Animals ]
[Healthcare ]
Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Amend Dangerous Dog Statutes [SB-385]
[Animals ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Amend Dangerous Dog Statutes
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Distracted Driving/Children and Animals [HB-394]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Animals ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
Distracted Driving/Children and Animals
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
Vet Care for Retired First Responder Dogs [HB-300]
[Animals ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Vet Care for Retired First Responder Dogs
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
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Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons [HB-96]
[Immigration ]
[National Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act) [HB-1152]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the landlord of a residential rental property to provide the property's pet policy on the property's website and as part of an application form for a rental unit on the property.
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North Carolina 2025-2026 Session
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Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons [SB-55]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Children and Youth ]
Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Real Property - Residential Rental Property - Pet Policy Disclosure (Pet Policy Transparency Act) [SB-896]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
Requiring the landlord of a residential rental property to provide the property's pet policy on the property's website and as part of an application form for a rental unit on the property.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [SB-806]
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[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure that is not a cage-free housing system and does not meet certain space requirements, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2030; and prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products without a certain certification of compliance on and after January 1, 2030.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Human Remains, Pet Remains, and Cemeteries - Prohibitions [HB-1000]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Religion ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "permanent cemetery" to include a cemetery owned by a family or religious organization; prohibiting a person from tampering with human remains interred in a cemetery; altering certain penalties relating to prohibitions against removal of human remains from a burial site; prohibiting a person from damaging, desecrating, mutilating, storing, tampering with, trafficking, or transporting human remains; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law – Human Remains, Pet Remains, and Cemeteries – Prohibitions [SB-616]
[Crime ]
[Animals ]
[Religion ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Altering the definition of "permanent cemetery" to include a cemetery owned by a family or religious organization; prohibiting a person from tampering with human remains interred in a cemetery; altering certain penalties relating to prohibitions against removal of human remains from a burial site; prohibiting a person from damaging, desecrating, mutilating, storing, tampering with, trafficking, or transporting human remains; prohibiting a person from removing or attempting to remove pet remains from a cemetery; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture - Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens in Commercial Egg Production - Prohibitions [HB-834]
[Agriculture ]
[Animals ]
[Food ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting a certain farm owner or operator from knowingly confining egg-laying hens in an enclosure that is not a cage-free housing system and does not meet certain space requirements, subject to certain exceptions, on and after January 1, 2030; and prohibiting a business owner or operator or a farm owner or operator from selling shell eggs or egg products without a certain certification of compliance on and after January 1, 2030.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
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Civil Actions - Tortious Injury to or Death of Pet - Compensatory Damages (Buddy's Law) [SB-581]
[Animals ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing from $10,000 to $25,000 the maximum amount of compensatory damages that may be awarded to an owner of a pet from a person who tortiously causes an injury to or death of the pet while acting individually or through an animal under the person's ownership, direction, or control.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Adoption and Reporting Requirements [SB-537]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Education ]
Applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; requiring certain research facilities and testing facilities to submit to the Department of Agriculture certain information regarding dogs and cats on or before January 31 each year; and requiring a school or an institution of higher education that uses animals for certain purposes to submit a report on the results of certain inspections to the General Assembly on or before December 31 each year.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Regulation [SB-536]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a research facility or testing facility; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing devocalization procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a research facility and testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Research Facilities and Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulations [SB-535]
[Animals ]
[Science ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
Requiring each research facility and testing facility in the State that uses animals in research, education, or testing to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture; applying certain provisions of law regarding the adoption of dogs and cats used for scientific research purposes to testing facilities; establishing a State Inspector of Animal Welfare in the Department to inspect research facilities and testing facilities; requiring a research facility and a testing facility to notify the State Inspector of certain violations; etc.