HARRISBURG – The PA Senate unanimously approved bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting dogs and cats from painful, taxpayer-funded experiments. Senate Bill 381, also known as the Beagle Bill, prohibits state funds from being used to conduct painful experiments on dogs and cats. It also requires labs to offer animals for adoption, protects whistle blowers who expose animal cruelty in labs, and allows state funding for non-compliant research projects to be suspended by legislative or executive action. The measure requires animal testing facilities to prominently post a link to the USDA’s Animal Care Public Search Tool and prohibits the testing and sale of animal-tested cosmetics effective Jan. 1, 2027. The bill now goes to the PA House for consideration.
