S-4303.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6221
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally
sponsored by Senators Salomon, Stanford, Liias, Kuderer, and Nobles)
READ FIRST TIME 01/31/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to the Washington national primate research
2 center at the University of Washington; and adding a new section to
3 chapter 28B.20 RCW.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.20
6 RCW to read as follows:
7 The Washington national primate research center within the
8 University of Washington shall annually publish in a publicly
9 accessible place on its website the following:
10 (1) The number of nonhuman primates, listed by species, at the
11 Washington national primate center that, in the previous year were:
12 (a) Used in research;
13 (b) Used in breeding;
14 (c) Born;
15 (d) Purchased or sold by the Washington national primate research
16 center;
17 (e) Injured or died in a manner that resulted in an animal
18 welfare citation by the United States department of agriculture;
19 (f) Killed or died as part of research, a test, or a study at the
20 Washington national primate research center;
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 1 (g) Injured or died due to causes not related to research at the
2 Washington national primate research center; and
3 (h) Either showing symptoms or were treated, or both, for
4 unintended illness or infection;
5 (2) Links to publicly accessible websites that include
6 descriptions of research using nonhuman primates;
7 (3) The total amount of money awarded to the Washington national
8 primate research center from each source during the previous fiscal
9 year;
10 (4) Any inspection reports of the United States department of
11 agriculture related to animal welfare at the Washington national
12 primate research center that include information about nonhuman
13 primate welfare during the previous year;
14 (5) Any conservation efforts the Washington national primate
15 research center supports to assist species recovery in the wild; and
16 (6) Documentation of the accreditation of the Washington national
17 primate research center.
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