Assembly Bill A656

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §816, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7458
2015-2016: A226
2017-2018: A552
2019-2020: A1171
2021-2022: A2059
2023-2024: A465

2013-A656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits vivisection at colleges, universities, professional, proprietary or graduate schools in the state where a scientifically and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists; defines vivisection to mean experimentation through surgery on a living organism to view living internal structure.

2013-A656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   656

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. COLTON, COOK,  HOOPER,  McDONOUGH,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting vivisec-
  tion at colleges and universities in the state where a  scientifically
  and educationally satisfactory method or strategy exists

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 816 to
read as follows:
  S 816. VIVISECTION PROHIBITED. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
  (A) "VIVISECTION" MEANS EXPERIMENTATION THROUGH SURGERY  ON  A  LIVING
ORGANISM TO VIEW LIVING INTERNAL STRUCTURE.
  (B) "SCIENTIFICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY SATISFACTORY METHOD OR STRATEGY"
MEANS  A  TEACHING  METHOD OR STRATEGY THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE GOAL OF THE
PROPOSED EDUCATION OR TRAINING OR TEACHING METHOD OR  STRATEGY  THAT  IS
USED  BY  A MAJORITY OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO ACCOM-
PLISH THE SAME GOAL.
  2. VIVISECTION IS PROHIBITED AT ALL  COLLEGES,  UNIVERSITIES,  PROFES-
SIONAL,  PROPRIETARY  OR GRADUATE SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WHERE AN ALTERNA-
TIVE SCIENTIFICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY SATISFACTORY  METHOD  OR  STRATEGY
EXISTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05028-01-3

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