Massachusetts residents — the Massachusetts Senate passed S.3028 (the PETS Act) unanimously on March 19, 2026. This landmark legislation includes post-experimentation adoption requirements for research dogs and cats, mandatory reporting on animal disposition, and a ban on cosmetic and household product testing on vertebrate animals. It passed the Senate without a single dissenting vote. It is now sitting in the House Ways and Means Committee — and it needs to move. Meanwhile, DPH License MA-67 — the state license that allows Charles River Laboratories to keep 150 to 180 beagles at 55 Union Street in Worcester for pharmaceutical toxicology testing — expires June 26. 10 days from today. Commissioner Robert Goldstein has the legal authority under 105 CMR 910.041 to refuse renewal or condition it on genuine compliance with the Massachusetts Beagle Bill. CRL has systematically nullified that law by reusing dogs across sequential experimental protocols until they are too broken and deteriorated to adopt out — engineering the adoption requirement out of existence before it can attach. Ridglan Farms — one of CRL's licensed beagle suppliers — is shutting down due to hundreds of animal welfare violations. Ontario has banned canine experimentation outright. The EPA is phasing it out. The FDA no longer requires animal testing for drug approval. The world is moving. Massachusetts needs to move with it. If you are a Massachusetts resident, please take all three of these actions today: 1. Email or call DPH Commissioner Goldstein directly. Robert.Goldstein@mass.gov — (617) 624-5200 Ask him to refuse renewal or condition DPH License MA-67 before June 26. 2. Contact your state legislator and demand they push S.3028 through House Ways and Means. Find your rep at malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator Tell them the Senate acted unanimously. The House needs to act now. 3. Contact the House Ways and Means Committee directly. Chair Aaron Michlewitz — aaron.michlewitz@mahouse.gov — (617) 722-2990 Tell him S.3028 needs to move before the June 26 DPH license deadline. If you are outside Massachusetts: Contact your own state legislators and ask them why your state hasn't followed Ontario's lead on banning canine experimentation. The movement is national. Make noise locally. The Senate said pets are family. 10 days to prove it means something at 55 Union Street.