Preventing Illegal Laboratories and Protecting Public Health Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill creates a new tracking system for dangerous germs that could cause serious diseases. Companies that sell or loan these germs would have to keep a digital logbook of every transaction, including who bought them and what they plan to do with them.
• Research labs and companies that handle high-risk biological materials would be most affected. They would need to verify the identity of buyers using government IDs and keep these records for at least three years to help prevent illegal lab activity.
• The goal is to stop illegal or secret labs from getting their hands on dangerous materials. By keeping better records, the government can make sure these germs are only being used in safe, authorized places by people who are supposed to have them.
• The plan also calls for a new federal team to watch over high-security labs across the country. This team would check on lab safety, look for security gaps, and act as a main contact for local police or health departments if they have concerns about a lab in their area.
• Officials would also study whether to build a national database of all high-security labs. This list would include where the labs are located, who owns them, and if they have ever broken safety rules in the past.

Impact Analysis

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