Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2016-837

• Record #: R2016-837
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Failed to Pass
• Intro date: 11/1/2016
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Environmental Protection
• Title: Expression of support for Illinois House Bill 4297 and Illinois Senate Bill 2356 and call for Illinois General Assembly to adopt Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act
• Sponsors: Smith, Michele, Moreno, Proco Joe, Dowell, Pat, Hairston, Leslie A., Thompson, Patrick D., Quinn, Marty, Lopez, Raymond A., Moore, David H., O'Shea, Matthew J., Zalewski, Michael R., Hopkins, Brian , King, Sophia D., Sawyer, Roderick T., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Burke, Edward M., Foulkes, Toni, Curtis, Derrick G., Munoz, Ricardo, Maldonado, Roberto, Ervin, Jason C., Waguespack, Scott, Sposato, Nicholas, O'Connor, Patrick, Reilly, Brendan, Cappleman, James, Tunney, Thomas, Osterman, Harry, Silverstein, Debra L., Burnett, Jr., Walter, Mell, Deborah, Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Laurino, Margaret, Napolitano, Anthony V., Arena, John, Pawar, Ameya
• Related files: R2019-362

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2019		City Council	Failed to Pass
11/1/2016	35766	City Council	Referred

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago holds a storied tradition of setting the standard for the humane care and treatment of animals; and

WHEREAS, The City of Chicago and the great State of Illinois is home to many public and private research facilities; and

WHEREAS, Many of these research facilities house and use dogs and cats in teaching, research, testing and experiments; and

WHEREAS, Illinois House Bill 4297 and Senate Bill 2356 create the Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act, a mandate that Illinois laboratories develop and adopt a permanent post-research adoption program, open to the public, for healthy dogs and cats that are no longer needed for research purposes; and

WHEREAS, Private and public research facilities receiving tax dollars should be transparent and issue a report detailing the number of animals used in research, the purpose of using the animals in research, steps taken to assess alternative methods of research prior to animal use, now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members ofthe City Council ofthe City of Chicago, assembled this first day of November, 2016, do hereby express our strong support for House Bill 4297 and Senate Bill 2356 and urge the Illinois General Assembly to adopt the Research Dogs and Cats Adoption Act and require research facilities to issue annual reports on animal use in research.

Michele Smith Alderman, 43^rd Ward

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the Governor ofthe State of Illinois, the President of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives.

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Gregory Mitchell Alderman, 7^th Ward

Matthew O'Shea' Alderman, 19^th Wa>

Anthony Beale ierrnar. 9^th Ward

Howard Brookins, Jr. ;rman, 21^st Ward

usan Sa&lowski Garza Alderman, 10^th Ward

George Cardenas terman, 12^th Ward

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Edward M. Burke Aldermanyl^Ward

ferrick Curtis Alderman, 18^th Ward

Willie Cochran Alderman, 20^th Ward

iicardo Munoz Alderman, 22^nd Ward

Michael Scott, Jr. Alderman, 24^th Ward

Daniel Solis Alderman, 25^th Ward

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Roberto Maldonad Alderman, 26^th Ward

Walter Burnett, Jr. Alderman 27^th Ward

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Jason Ervin Alderman, 28j

Scott Wagu/z Alderman,

Ariel Reboyras Alderman, 30^th Ward

Chris Taliaferro Alderman, 29^th Ward

Milagros (Milly) Santiago Alderman, 31^st Ward

Deborah Mell Alderman, 33^rd Ward

Carrie Austin Alderman, 34^th Ward

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Alderman, 35^th Ward

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Brendan Reilly Alderman, 42^nd Ward

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Gilbert Villegas Alderman, 36^th Ward

Nicholas Sposato Alderman, 38^th Ward

Patr4dk O^bnnor ^AJefc^an, 40^th Ward

^vDeborati>6ilver«tein Alderman, 50^th Ward

Emma Mitts Alderman, 37^tn War/

derman, 37ⁱⁿ Ward

Margaret Laurino Alderman, 39^th Ward

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jfeya Pawar Alderman, 47^th Ward

Joseph Moore Alderman, 49^th Ward