On August 4, the California Senate amended AB 2296, a state bill originally designed to mirror the federal Animal Enterprise Protection Act. A key provision in the current version of the bill reads: “Any person who enters the residential real property of an academic researcher for the purpose of chilling or interfering with the researcher's academic freedom is guilty of trespass, a misdemeanor.” The bill is scheduled to be considered by the Senate Public Safety Committee on August 12, 2008. For a copy of the current bill language, see: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2296_bill_20080804_amended_sen_v93.html. To read a statement by UCLA in support of the bill, see: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/animalresearch/.