The current session started on January 4, 2023 and formal sessions end on July 31, 2024. January 20 was the deadline for bills to be filed. Bills can also be filed during the session as “late files.” See what bills we're focused on this session. Look up your state legislators HERE and contact them to make your voice heard on issues that are important to you! If you have questions about contacting your representative or senator, don't hesitate to reach out to the MVMA office for talking points or tips. The MVMA's Government Relations and Advocacy Committee (GRAC) and Animal Welfare Committee are busy reviewing current bills and will make recommendations to the Executive Board for formal positions soon. 2021-2022 Position ReviewBills We Support:H.406 and S.219: An Act Regulating the Practice and Licensure of Veterinary Technicians These bills would create a subsidiary board of veterinary technology under the Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine to: 1. Determine and establish the criteria and regulations by which veterinary technicians would be licensed and registered; and 2. Establish duties which supervising veterinarians could assign to licensed veterinary technicians and to non-licensed veterinary assistants consistent with good veterinary medical practice. Current Status: Reported favorably to Senate Ways and Means S.2994: An Act protecting the health and safety of puppies and kittens in cities and towns Massachusetts currently has no state oversight of doggie daycare or boarding kennels. This legislation would require reasonable rules and regulations of these facilities.
H.1840 and S.1097: An Act Enhancing the Issuance of Citations for Cruel Conditions for Animals These bills would prohibit owning or keeping a domestic animal, including livestock, in "cruel conditions." It would also include penalty language for those who violate the law.
HD.4931: An Act Relative to Pesticides This bill addresses effects of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) on wildlife and the environment and would require pesticide companies to provide customers with written information on these effects.
H.2547 and S.1606: An Act Allowing Humane Transportation of K9 Partners AKA Nero's Law These bills would authorize EMS personnel to provide emergency treatment to a police dog injured in the line of duty, and transport them to a veterinary clinic or hospital equipped to provide emergency treatment.
HD.334: An Act Relative to the Registration of Veterinarians This bill would require veterinarians to renew their license biannually.
S.1246: An Act Relative to Non-Compete Agreements for Veterinarians
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