Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3978
Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act concerns lab research on dogs, cats and primates that are not human. The Act creates a task force to stop research on primates that are not human. The Act takes effect when it is signed. (Flesch Readability Score: 91.4). Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories. Prohibits a person from conducting research or testing on nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Establishes the Task Force on Planning the Elimination of Research on Nonhuman Primates. Directs the task force to draft a plan for eliminating the breeding of, and research on, nonhuman primates at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Exempts the task force from public meetings law requirements. Sunsets the task force in 2041.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
22 co-sponsors
Mark Owens, Emily McIntire, Zach Hudson, Jules Walters, April Dobson, Emerson Levy, Ken Helm, Annessa Hartman, Kevin Mannix, E. Werner Reschke, John Lively, Tom Andersen, Jeffrey Helfrich, Virgle Osborne, Boomer Wright, Bobby Levy, Anna Scharf, Darcey Edwards, Shelly Boshart Davis, Lucetta Elmer, Gregory Smith, Alek Skarlatos
Its course
May 27 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesMay 27 to Jun 27 · stopped31 days
Waiting for a committeeMay 27 to May 281 day
RulesMay 28 to Jun 27 · stopped30 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives May 27 – Jun 27
- May 27Introduced
- May 28Sent to Rules
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- May 27First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- May 28Referred to Rules.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives